The Mask of Motherhood

Download or read book The Mask of Motherhood written by Susan Maushart and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a woman becomes a mother, her relationships, her professional identity and her sense of self will never be the same again. The presence of children does not simply add to the lives of parents, it transforms those lives completely. The precise nature of this transformation remains once of the best kept secrets of contemporary adult life, shrouded in a conspiracy of silence. For expectant mothers - whether that expectation is imminent or distant - The Mask of Motherhood provides a backstage look at the realities of contemporary mothering, from pregnancy and childbirth to the juggling act we all call 'working motherhood'.