A Double Life
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A Double Life

Discovering Motherhood

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A Double Life

Discovering Motherhood

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There is no denying it: motherhood splits a woman's life forever, into a before and an after. To this doubled life Lisa Catherine Harper brings a wealth of feeling and a wry sense of humor, a will to understand the emotional and biological transformations that motherhood entails, and a narrative gift that any reader will enjoy. Harper documents her own journey across this great divide as a seasoned explorer might, observing, researching, relating anecdotes and critical information. From late-night Lindy Hop dancing to crippling sciatica, morning sickness to indulgent meals, graduate seminars to sophisticated ultrasounds, Harper marries scientific details with intimate insights as she uncovers the fascinating strangeness of this remarkably familiar territory. Following Harper's first pregnancy from conception to her daughter's first word, A Double Life looks at how the biological facts of motherhood give rise to life-altering emotional and psychological changes. It shows us how motherhood transforms the female body, hijacks a woman's mind, and splits her life in two, creating an identity both brand new and as old as time. It charts the passage from individual to incubator, from pregnancy, labor, and nursing to language acquisition, from coupledom to the complex reality of family life. Harper's carefully researched story reminds us that motherhood's central joys are also its most essential transformations.
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Publisher
Bison Books
Year
2011
ISBN
9780803268173
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Inside
  8. Conception
  9. Expecting
  10. Something from Nothing
  11. Signs and Symptoms
  12. Tested
  13. Public Life
  14. Pas de Deux
  15. My Phantom Self
  16. Song of the Self
  17. The Mind-Body Problem
  18. The Lives and Deaths of Mothers
  19. Room for One’s Own
  20. Last Days
  21. Inside/Out
  22. Outside
  23. The Fourth Trimester
  24. Hatching
  25. Sea Change
  26. In the Dark
  27. Out of the Body
  28. An American Woman’s Home
  29. Flying Home
  30. Selected Bibliography