The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem by Julie Phillips

The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem

Julie Phillips

304 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays emotional reflective medium-paced

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With fierce empathy and vivid prose, Phillips evokes the intimate struggles of brilliant artists and writers, including Doris Lessing, who had to choose between her motherhood and herself; Ursula K. Le Guin, who found productive stability in famil...

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informative 86%
reflective 80%
emotional 60%
inspiring 60%
challenging 40%
hopeful 33%
funny 13%
sad 6%
tense 6%

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slow 30%
fast 7%

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