Maternal Desire: On Children, Love, and the Inner Life

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What is the desire to mother? How do we undersatnd it, talk about it, think about it? Now in its second edition, this brilliantly acclaimed and groundbreaking book will transform readers' thinking about the place of child-rearing in mothers' lives. By reminding us that, for many parents, raising children provides a sense of meaning and fulfillment that nothing else in life offers, Maternal desire asks us to reconsider fundamentally the status of perception of motherhood in our society. Drawing on contemporary research, her clinical practice as a psychologist, and her own experience as a mother, de Marneffe writes with grace and lucidity as she explores the pleasures of motherhood - its emotional, intellectual, and spiritual rewards - and projects an inspiring new vision of women's lives today