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" Maybe baby : "
edited by Lori Leibovich ; foreword by Anne Lamott.
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BL
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988785
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b743155
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Maybe baby : : 28 writers tell the truth about skepticism, infertility, baby lust, childlessness, ambivalence, and how they made the biggest decisions of their lives /\ edited by Lori Leibovich ; foreword by Anne Lamott.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperCollins,, ©2006.
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xvii, 266 pages ;; 24 cm
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0060737816
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: 9780060737818
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| Contents
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pt. 1. No thanks, not for me -- To breed or not to breed / Michelle Goldberg -- Emancipation from propagation / Elinor Burkett -- It's not in my nature to nurture / Cary Tennis -- The baby stops here / Lionel Shriver -- The life I was meant to have / Luisita López Torregrosa -- The impossible me / Lesley Dormen -- pt. 2. On the fence -- Bloodthirsty dwarves / Rick Moody -- They will find you / Rebecca Traister -- The rise from the Earth (so far) / Maud Casey -- Beyond biology / Stephanie Grant -- The daddy dilemma / Larry Smith -- Next stop, motherland / Lakshmi Chaudhry -- Redemption / Joe Loya -- pt. 3. Taking the leap -- Parenting on a dare / Amy Benfer -- Not a pretty story / Dani Shapiro -- Second time around / Lauren Slater -- We'll always have Paris / Peter Nichols -- Surprise, baby / Maggie Jones -- Cradle to grave / Kathryn Harrison -- Mother's little helper / Laurie Abraham -- A dad's affidavit / Louis Bayard -- Once more, with feeling / Joan Gould -- Triple threat / Amy Richards -- Diagnosis : broken / Alisa Valdes-Rodriquez -- One is enough / Neal Pollack -- Mama don't preach / Amy Reiter -- My tribe / Asha Bandele -- Road trip / Andrew Leonard.
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"To breed or not to breed? That is the question twenty-eight accomplished writers -- including Anne Lamott, Rick Moody, Kathryn Harrison, and Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez -- ponder in this collection of provocative, honest, and deeply personal essays. Based on a popular series at Salon.com, Maybe Baby features parents and nonparents alike exploring how and why they decided whether to have children. This powerful collection offers both frank and nuanced looks at those choices, both alternative and traditional, from a wide range of viewpoints. From abortion to adoption, from ambivalence to baby lust, from single parenting to searching for the right partner to have a baby with, Maybe Baby brings together the full force of opinions about this national -- but also intensely personal -- debate."--Inside cover.
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Childlessness-- Decision making, Case studies.
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Parenthood-- Decision making, Case studies.
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Pregnancy-- Decision making, Case studies.
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Parenthood-- Decision making.
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Pregnancy-- Decision making.
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306.874
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HQ755.8.M386 2006
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Leibovich, Lori.
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