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<p>Mothers is a belated first: a collection of short stories about motherhood, by writers who are mothers. These twenty stories, each told from a mother's point of view, evoke every stage of the journey, from pregnancy and birth on through the childhood years, adolescence, and adulthood. Together, they depict the complexities of mothering in America today as women are actually experiencing it. The works gathered here by Perri Klass, Laurie Colwin, Mary Gordon, Sue Miller, and fifteen others constitute a step toward a new "mothers" literature that puts to rest the long-held myth that has separated motherhood from a woman's creative activity.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>Transfiguring life into art, Barbara Kingsolver, Laurie Colwin, Mary Gordon, Sue Miller and Perri Klass are among the 20 writers, mothers all, who contribute stories-all previously published-to this well-chosen anthology about bearing or raising children. Editors Kenison (series editor for The Best American Short Stories) and Hirsch (Songs from the Alley) have chosen stories that illustrate "the complexities of mothering in America today." Klass's "For Women Everywhere," spiked with humor, tells of a 35-year-old
- Author
- Katrina Kenison; Kathleen Hirsch
- Publisher
- New York: North Point Press
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780224041416
- Subjects
- Music, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (15 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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