Making babies : stumbling into motherhood / Anne Enright.

Author/creator Enright, Anne, 1962-
Format Book
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton, 2012.
Description207 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Motherhood.
Parenting.

Contents Apologies all round -- Breeding -- The glass wall -- Dream-time -- Birth -- Milk -- Nine months -- Time -- Advice -- Being two -- Groundhog day -- Science -- Babies : a breeder's guide -- God -- Buggies -- Staring -- Home birth -- Wriggles -- Naming -- Burps -- Hands -- Girl / Boy -- Crying -- Evolution -- Authority -- Poo -- Smell -- Too much information -- Baby-talk -- The killing cup -- Kissing -- How to panic -- Romance -- The lip of the rug -- By the time you read this, it will be true -- Staring, Part 2 -- What's wrong with velcro? -- Unforgiven -- Fair -- Second pregnancies -- Siblings -- Toys -- Dirt -- Other mothers, other fathers -- How to get trolleyed while breast-feeding -- Entertaining -- On giving birth to a genius -- Dreams -- Speech -- On being loved -- It's not about you, you know -- It's not about you, you know, Part 2 -- The moment -- Worry -- Forgetting -- What it does -- Oh, mortality -- Acknowledgements.
Abstract Describes the author's experiences becoming a middle-aged mother after being married for eighteen years.
LCCN 2011045392
ISBN9780393078282 (hardcover)
ISBN0393078280 (hardcover)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HQ759 .E67 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold