{"product_id":"between-mothers-and-sons-women-writers-talk-about-having-sons-and-raising-men-paperback","title":"Between Mothers and Sons: Women Writers Talk about Having Sons and Raising Men - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The challenge for mothers of sons is to realize that because we do not share a sexual identity, that because we have not grown up in a male body, we cannot presume to understand everything there is to know about our sons' worlds.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- Patricia Stevens \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBetween Mothers and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e is the first anthology in which women writers attempt to answer the question that all mothers have contemplated in the course of mothering the opposite sex: \"Who is this male child who came out of my body?\" Or, as a pregnant Mary Gordon said when her doctor told her she was having a boy, \"Oh, my God. What am I supposed to do with one of them?\" \u003cbr\u003e From the earliest days of nursing to the good-byes of college and looming adulthood, these writers collectively explore, in a thrilling range of styles and sensibilities, the delights and frustrations, the deep and often conflicted emotions, they feel in their roles as mothers to their male children. \u003ci\u003eBetween Mothers and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e resoundingly and unflinchingly celebrates this journey we are all making with our boys. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e with essays from: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Julene Bair † Janet Burroway † Robb Forman Dew\u003cbr\u003e Deborah Galyan † Mary Gordon † Joy Harjo † Anne Lamott\u003cbr\u003e Susan Lester † Jo-Ann Mapson † Leigh McKinley\u003cbr\u003e Valerie Monroe † Naomi Shihab Nye † Eileen Pollack\u003cbr\u003e Jewell Parker Rhodes † Patricia Stevens † Sallie Tilsdale\u003cbr\u003e Kris Vervaecke † Patricia Williams\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Stevens\u003c\/b\u003e has written essays that appear in \u003ci\u003eMinding the Body: Women Writers on Body and Soul\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in \u003ci\u003eThe Healing Circle: Authors Writing of Recovery.\u003c\/i\u003e She has received the James Michener Fellowship and the Nelson Algren Short Story Award. She is the mother of two sons and lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.45 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751372226848,"sku":"9780684850726","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c1d898a859220a98b290db0e741d05da.webp?v=1779971899","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/between-mothers-and-sons-women-writers-talk-about-having-sons-and-raising-men-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}