{"product_id":"without-child-challenging-the-stigma-of-childlessness-paperback","title":"Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurie Lisle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWithout Child\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the stigma of childlessness by offering childless women the lifeaffirming story of themselves. Beginning with the difficult inner journey a woman faces before finally deciding or realizing she will not bear children, \u003ci\u003eWithout Child\u003c\/i\u003e explores the myth of the childless woman's rejection of the maternal instinct. It also examines the childless woman's relationship to mothers and mothering, to her femininity, to men, to achievement, to her body, and to old age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaurie Lisle contends that childless women are part of an ancient and respectable cultural tradition that includes biblical matriarchs, celibate saints, and nineteenth-century social reformers. However, like other aspects of women's history, this tradition has been forgotten and, in the process, maligned. \u003ci\u003eWithout Child\u003c\/i\u003e bring childless women out of obscurity and places them back in women's history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWithout Child\u003c\/i\u003e brings scope and depth to a subject that has long been misunderstood. Weaving rich materials from history, literature, religion, and sociology with the author's own and other stories, this groundbreaking book does what no other has done before-presents childlessnessin a multifaceted and positive light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost women grow up thinking they will become mothers, and many do follow that path. But for those women who are willingly or unwillingly without children, childlessness is a way of life that many of them must constantly defend. \u003ci\u003eWithout Child\u003c\/i\u003e explores the facts and fallacies behind childlessness, what it means for women and society, and reminds us of how women can and do embrace this choice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the shadow of a culture that claims to adore the child, \u003ci\u003eWithout Child\u003c\/i\u003e bring a long forbidden topic into the light. Wide-ranging, yet intimate, philosophical, yet clear sighted, this important book will reassure millions of women that they are not alone, not unusual, and, in fact, are part of a long and honorable tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Lisle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four other books besides\u003ci\u003eWithout Child\u003c\/i\u003e: two biographies of women artists, a history of a girls'school, and a memoir from the point-of-view as a gardener. Raised in Rhode Island, she lives with her husband in Litchfield County, Connecticut and in Westchester County, New York. For more information, please see her website at www.laurielisle.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52597779726643,"sku":"9780786755370","price":30.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Nng4M08rdWFIa3FPVVNwbnV5UVVZZz09.webp?v=1761717526","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/without-child-challenging-the-stigma-of-childlessness-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}