Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein
The world's women are now beginning to become aware of the risks and realities of 'having it all', and Orenstein's saga unfolds as infertility is developing into a boom industry. This book is a story about doing all the things you swore you'd never do to get something you hadn't even been sure you wanted; and about trying to become a mother.
'This may be the most honest book written about the tsunami of emotion that hits women when what should come most naturally - reproduction - becomes instead one vast, expensive science experiment.. Daisy is a fine meditation on what it means to live a fulfilled life' People 'Orenstein has written a memoir, a confession, a polemic and a love story all at once, describing the most frantic and confusing period of her life with clarity and candour' Los Angeles Times 'By the time I reached the end of the book, I was crying into my latte ... Orenstein's memoir is not just hers; it is the story of a generation of women who dared to wait for motherhood' More 'If any writer has the verve and tenacity to supersede the typecasting of Mommy Lit, it's Orenstein' Washington Post
Peggy Orenstein is the author of Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap and Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed World. A contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, her work has also appeared in USA Today, Elle, Vogue and the New Yorker, among others. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Steven Okazaki, and their daughter, Daisy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747594291 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747594295 |
| Title | Waiting for Daisy |
| Author | Peggy Orenstein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2008-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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