Regretting Motherhood: A Study

by Orna Donath

A provocative and deeply important study of women's lives, women's choices--and an 'unspoken taboo'--that questions the societal pressures forcing women into motherhood

Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true--that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623171377
• ISBN13: 9781623171377
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Everyone regardless of gender should read this before having kids.

The title is attention grabbing in an almost offensive way, but I have recommended it now to my own mother and everyone I know who is having kids. This book discusses the societal expectations of mothers and the effects those expectations have on women who become mothers. And despite having a small sample group all of the same ethnic and religious background, Orna Donath manages to write her book in a very intersectional way.