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| Title |
Pride and Joy
The Lives and Passions of Women Without Children |
| Author |
Terri Casey |
| ISBN |
1-885223-82-X |
| Price |
$14.95 |
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| Book details |
softcover, 250 pp, 6 x 9 in |
| Categories |
women's interest
personal growth
psychology
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| Description |
This is a collection of interviews with 25 women who have
chosen not to have children. In lively stories and vivid voices,
these diverse narrators talk proudly of their contributions
to their communities, causes, and families, and they speak joyfully
of intimate relationships with husbands and partners, of family
and friends, work, volunteer and leisure activities, solitude,
and connections with children. Their stories dispel the social
myth that women must have a child to be happy, and they debunk
the stereotypes of childless women.
For the 20 percent of U.S. women who are currently childless by choice or
by chance, Pride and Joy offers validation and community. For the millions
of women deciding whether to have children, it provides inspiration. For parents,
siblings, and friends of women who have chosen or may choose not to have children,
it offers insight.
"The diverse, real-life stories in Pride and Joy offer a valuable sense
of community for women who feel they stand alone in their families and in society
because they have made the choice to remain childless."
--Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood® Federation of America
"This is an important, fascinating and brave book. Women have been told
how they must have children to be happy. Now here comes a book that shows how
happy women can be without children. All of the women profiled are innovators,
thinkers, risk takers who have listened hard to hear their own voice through
the cultural din and not followed convention for convention's sake. Each tells
us that there are many ways to make the journey of life worthwhile."
--Pepper Schwartz, author of Love Between Equals: How Peer Marriage Really
Works
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Terri Casey is an award-winning writer and
editor with fifteen years of experience in newspaper journalism
and corporate publications. She worked as a marketing writer
for Microsoft Corporation for seven years and won awards
for her articles on how people in business, education, and
government use technology in new and interesting ways.
As a free-lance journalist, Casey has written travel articles
that have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston
Globe, and the Seattle Times, and she writes for Microsoft's
Internet web site. Casey has served as president of the board
of directors of the Women's Funding Alliance, a nonprofit
that raises money for organizations that serve women and
girls. She has also been involved with the Big Sister program.
Casey is married and lives in Seattle.
Contact via email
terricasey@mindspring.com |
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