Baby Love

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From the international bestselling author of Black, White, and Jewish comes a “wonderfully insightful” (Associated Press) book that’s destined to become a motherhood classic. Now in trade.

Like many women her age, thirty-four-year-old Rebecca Walker was brought up to be skeptical of motherhood. As an adult she longed for a baby but feared losing her independence. In this very smart memoir, Walker explores some of the larger sociological trends of her generation while delivering her own story about the emotional and intellectual transformation that led her to motherhood.”Thoughtful.” –Entertainment Weekly “A powerful new memoir…Accessible and richly textured, told with humor, wit, and warmth.” –Publishers Weekly “Moving, wise, and deeply honest, Baby Love has illuminated a crucial question for our times.” -Danzy Senna, author of Caucasia “Shares the earthy, spontaneous form of Anne Lamott’s child-rearing classic, Operating Instructions.” –The New York Times
Rebecca Walker has received numerous awards and accolades for her writing and activism. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications; in addition to the international bestseller Black, White, and Jewish, her books include Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence, and the anthologies To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, which has become a standard text in gender studies courses around the world, and What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future. A popular speaker at universities and in business settings, Walker teaches the art of memoir at workshops and writing conferences internationally. She lives in Hawaii.US

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