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Brood Bitch: A Mother's Reflection
Celia Townsen Wells
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Description for Brood Bitch: A Mother's Reflection
Hardcover. A mother's reflection inspired by hand-raising a litter of Pembroke Welsh corgis whose own mother died after a Caesarian delivery. Devastated by the loss of her companion and awed by the task of saving the puppies, the narrator is surprised to discover she enjoys this exclusive commitment. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Brood Bitch is a mother's reflection inspired by her hand-raising a litter of Pembroke Welsh corgis whose own mother died after a Caesarian delivery. Devastated by the loss of her only companion and awed by the task of saving the puppies, the narrator is surprised to discover she enjoys this exclusive commitment. Her education, career, marriage, and mothering are all behind her: she is retired, her ex-husband is dead, her daughter is independent. She broods on these past commitments - usually conflicted - in light of her success doing the job of a canine mother. Parallels between the birth and ... Read more
Brood Bitch is a mother's reflection inspired by her hand-raising a litter of Pembroke Welsh corgis whose own mother died after a Caesarian delivery. Devastated by the loss of her only companion and awed by the task of saving the puppies, the narrator is surprised to discover she enjoys this exclusive commitment. Her education, career, marriage, and mothering are all behind her: she is retired, her ex-husband is dead, her daughter is independent. She broods on these past commitments - usually conflicted - in light of her success doing the job of a canine mother. Parallels between the birth and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
147
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557532367
SKU
V9781557532367
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About Celia Townsen Wells
Celia Townsend Wells earned a B.A. cum laude from Meredith College, an M.A. from Florida State University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. She is an Associate Professor Emerita at Fairfield University, where she taught Chaucer, medieval literature, women writers, advanced composition, and a writing seminar for women. For 25 years she has been a modest breeder/exhibitor of Pembroke Welsh ... Read more
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