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Baby Hunger: The New Battle for Motherhood
Sylvia Ann Hewlett
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Description for Baby Hunger: The New Battle for Motherhood
Paperback. Nearly half of all highly educated, high-earning women are childless. The more successful the woman, the less likely it is she has a partner or a baby. The age-old business of having babies is eluding an entire generation of successful women, this volume examines why. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 354. Clean copy
Nearly half of all highly educated, high-earning women are childless. The more successful the woman, the less likely it is she has a partner or a baby. For men, the opposite is true: the more successful he is professionally, the more likely it is that he will be married with children. These women have not chosen to be childless. Indeed, most of them yearn for a baby and have gone to extraordinary lengths to become pregnant, often derailing their careers in the process. However, this volume reminds us that, despite the allure and apparent success of IVF treatment, only three ... Read more
Nearly half of all highly educated, high-earning women are childless. The more successful the woman, the less likely it is she has a partner or a baby. For men, the opposite is true: the more successful he is professionally, the more likely it is that he will be married with children. These women have not chosen to be childless. Indeed, most of them yearn for a baby and have gone to extraordinary lengths to become pregnant, often derailing their careers in the process. However, this volume reminds us that, despite the allure and apparent success of IVF treatment, only three ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903809785
SKU
KEX0245683
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sylvia Ann Hewlett
SYLVIA ANN HEWLETT founded the National Parenting Association in 1993. She was a major policy adviser to Neil Kinnock in the 1980s and was Executive Director of the Economic Policy Council in New York. She is the author of several books, including the award-winning When the Bough Breaks and The War Against Parents. She lives in New York with her ... Read more
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