The Book of Mothers:How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Mode Motherhood
by: Carrie Mullins (Author)
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: May 7, 2024
Language: English
Print Length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1250285062
ISBN-13: 9781250285065
Book Description
“Timely and evergreen, engaging and infuriating, personal and universal―a necessary reintroduction to some of fiction’s most familiar mothers.” ―Cecile Richards, bestselling author of Make Trouble and former president of Planned ParenthoodThis treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable mateal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature.Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, joualist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from―and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie’s suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards––standards rarely created by mothers themselves.To discover how we might talk about motherhood in a more realistic, nuanced, and inclusive way, Carrie tued to literature with memorable mateal figures for answers. Moving through the literary canon––from Pride and Prejudice and Little Women to The Great Gatsby, Beloved, Heartbu, and The Joy Luck Club―Carrie traces the origins of our mode mothering experience. By interrogating the influences of politics, economics, feminism, pop culture, and family life in each text, she identifies the factors that have shaped our prevailing views of motherhood, and puts these classics into conversation with the most urgent issues of the day. Who were these literary mothers, beyond their domestic responsibilities and familial demands? And what lessons do they have for us today―if we choose to listen?
About the Author
“Timely and evergreen, engaging and infuriating, personal and universal―a necessary reintroduction to some of fiction’s most familiar mothers.” ―Cecile Richards, bestselling author of Make Trouble and former president of Planned ParenthoodThis treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable mateal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature.Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, joualist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from―and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie’s suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards––standards rarely created by mothers themselves.To discover how we might talk about motherhood in a more realistic, nuanced, and inclusive way, Carrie tued to literature with memorable mateal figures for answers. Moving through the literary canon––from Pride and Prejudice and Little Women to The Great Gatsby, Beloved, Heartbu, and The Joy Luck Club―Carrie traces the origins of our mode mothering experience. By interrogating the influences of politics, economics, feminism, pop culture, and family life in each text, she identifies the factors that have shaped our prevailing views of motherhood, and puts these classics into conversation with the most urgent issues of the day. Who were these literary mothers, beyond their domestic responsibilities and familial demands? And what lessons do they have for us today―if we choose to listen?
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