Selfish, shallow, and self-absorbed : sixteen writers on the decision not to have kids

Daum, Meghan, 1970- (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781250052940
ISBN: 1250081645
ISBN: 9781250081643
ISBN: 1250052939
ISBN: 9781250052933
Physical Description: print
vi, 282 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Picador, 2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Babes in the woods / by Courtney Hodell -- Maternal instincts / by Laura Kipnis -- A thousand other things / by Kate Christensen -- The new Rhoda / by Paul Lisicky -- Be here now means be gone later / by Lionel Shriver -- The most important thing / by Sigrid Nunez -- Mommy fearest / by Anna Holmes -- Amateurs / by Michelle Huneven -- Save yourself / by Danielle Henderson -- The trouble with having it all / by Pam Houston -- Beyond "Beyond motherhood" / by Jeanne Safer -- Over and out / by Geoff Dyer -- You'd be such a good mother, if only you weren't you / by M.G. Lord -- The hardest art / by Rosemary Mahoney -- Just an aunt / by Elliott Holt -- The end of the line / by Tim Kreider.