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Mothers
twenty stories of contemporary motherhood
By Kenison, Katrina & Hirsch, Kathleen
- ISBN
- 978-0-37421-375-6
- Publisher
- New York : North Point Press, 1996.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1996
Feminist writers Kenison and Hirsch consider their collection of short stories the first about motherhood by mothers in America today. Originally published between 1981 and 1994, mostly in the New Yorker and Redbook, the pieces include Mary Gordon's "Separation" and Kenison's work on Olive A. Burns's unfinished Bildungsroman Leaving Cold Sassy. This could have been an interesting collection, but it is marred by the editors' skewed perception of women who do not regard motherhood as a legitimate literary subject ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
