Title And now we have everything : on motherhood before I was ready / Meaghan O'Connell.

Publication Info.

New York : Little Brown and Company, 2018.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction	B O'CONNELL, MEAGHAM	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction	306.874 O'CONNELL	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	306.8743 OCO	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	306.874 OCO	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	B O'CONNELL, M.	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction	B O'CONNELL	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	306.8743 O'CONNELL	In Transit
Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction	306.874 O'CONNELL	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	B-O'CONNELL, M.	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	v, 230 pages ; 22 cm
Contents	Baby fever -- Holding patterns (1 to 41.5) -- A birth story -- Sleepless nights -- A certain kind of mammal -- Slacker parent -- Maternal instincts -- Dry spell -- Extra room (1 to 26).
Summary	O'Connell is a smart twentysomething who treats her pregnancy like a new project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after 40 hours of contractions, she opts for a C-section. She manages to nurse for a year but resents her baby's control over her body. This is not a book about the wonders of motherhood but about the tension between culturally inherited ideals and the realities of lived, bodily experience.
Subject	O'Connell, Meaghan.
	Mothers -- United States -- Biography.
	Single mothers -- United States -- Biography.
	Motherhood -- Anecdotes.
	Unplanned pregnancy -- Anecdotes.
	First pregnancy -- Anecdotes.
	Pregnancy.
	Parenthood.
	Unwanted pregnancy -- Decision making.
	Unwanted pregnancy -- Psychological aspects.
	First pregnancy -- Psychological aspects.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
	FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood.
Genre/Form	Autobiographies.
Added Title	On motherhood before I was ready
ISBN	9780316393843 (hardcover)
	0316393843 (hardcover)

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