Books that have helped with the hard times

Submitted by tewillis on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:57
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  • Beyond Motherhood (Choosing a life without children)- Jeanne Safer Ph.D.
  • Without Child (Challenging the stigma of childlessness) - Laurie Lisle
  • The Type E* Woman (How to overcome the stress of being *Everything to Everybody) - Harriet B. Braiker Ph.D.
  • Succulent Wild Woman - Sark
  • My Mother My Self - Nancy Friday
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I love to help and nurture people. But when it came time to decide whether or not I wanted to produce a person (or people) to help and nurture I needed a lot of insight and inner reflection that I wasn't able to get from the people I talked to. These books were invaluable tools for help with not only the decision about childbearing, but for just helping me get through day to day. (Coincidentally, I chose not to have children and found out a year later that I couldn't have even if I wanted to. But it was still a relief to have these books written by and about women who validated my choice.)