Mother Love: Stories about Births, Babies and BeyondDebra Adelaide Birth: a rite of passage in which a woman is transformed from a well-groomed, well-organised, self-centered, carefree, childfree person into the exhausted, poo-wiping, milk-sodden, love -ravaged hero that is a new mother. Gabrielle Carey Motherlove: Births, Babies and Beyond is a wonderful collection of stories and memories from women writing about their own and others' births, their babies, and their lives beyond the moment of childbirth, when the world changed forever. Each of the writers invite the reader into their own unique world of Motherlove, that most extraordinary of loves that only mothers can experience and truly understand. The smells, the pain, the power and powerlessness, the joys, the utter exhaustion and the exhilaration, and the incredible love. Sometimes sad and moving, sometimes practical and funny, these are stories that will enthrall and delight every reader. |
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Page 135
... Steve , but I was hoping . Have you always wanted a baby ? asked Steve . He's going to ask many questions . He told me he grew up in an extended family . They took it in turns for years to hold his fretting younger brother . No , I said ...
... Steve , but I was hoping . Have you always wanted a baby ? asked Steve . He's going to ask many questions . He told me he grew up in an extended family . They took it in turns for years to hold his fretting younger brother . No , I said ...
Page 146
... Steve visited again . He was being a family man , holding Zoe up the window to see the valleys , the gold sandstone ... Steve . I busied myself neatening the nappy stack . There's something in her eye , said Steve . I was fingering the ...
... Steve visited again . He was being a family man , holding Zoe up the window to see the valleys , the gold sandstone ... Steve . I busied myself neatening the nappy stack . There's something in her eye , said Steve . I was fingering the ...
Page 148
... Steve , went into the kitchen , shut the door , put on the kettle for a cup of tea , leaned on the stove and stared out the window at the sunlit bush . After a while Steve knocked on the door . Zoe sat on his arm as pert as a parrot on ...
... Steve , went into the kitchen , shut the door , put on the kettle for a cup of tea , leaned on the stove and stared out the window at the sunlit bush . After a while Steve knocked on the door . Zoe sat on his arm as pert as a parrot on ...
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References to this book
Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians Michele Grossman No preview available - 2003 |