Product Description

A wall of silence surrounds the experience of women who are childless, whether by choice or by circumstance. This is the first anthology to marshal the power of literature to break the silence. Here more than 50 contemporary writers reflect candidly and movingly on what it means to live as women without children. These stories, poems, and personal essays speak directly from -- and to -- the conflicting, often painful, and sometimes liberating emotions of childless women. In voices that range from mournful to jubilant, this diverse collection explores experiences of accepting infertility and of choosing abortion; of losing children to miscarriage, death, incarceration, or divorce; of creating future in families, reimagined; of acknowledging loss and celebrating solitude. These writers push us with both hands through the ambivalence and denial childless women confront without themselves, to the misunderstanding and hostility they confront in the outside world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1358515 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

About the Author
Rochelle Ratner