Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rose

Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty

Jacqueline Rose

254 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism philosophy reflective medium-paced

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A daring and provocative book-length essay on why we both romanticize and vilify mothers A simple argument guides this book: motherhood is the place in our culture where we lodge, or rather bury, the reality of our own conflicts. By making moth...

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