Misconceptions, Naomi Wolf
Misconceptions, Naomi Wolf
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Misconceptions
Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood

Author: Naomi Wolf

Narrator: Celeste Oliva

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/21/2018


Synopsis

In Misconceptions, bestselling author Naomi Wolf she demythologizes motherhood and reveals the dangers of common assumptions about childbirth. With uncompromising honesty she describes how hormones eroded her sense of independence, ultrasounds tested her commitment to abortion rights, and the keepers of the OB/GYN establishment lacked compassion. The weeks after her first daughter's birth taught her how society, employers, and even husbands can manipulate new mothers. She had bewildering post partum depression, but learned that a surprisingly high percentage of women experience it.

Wolf’s courageous willingness to talk about the unexpected difficulties of childbirth will help every woman become a more knowledgeable planner of her pregnancy and better prepare her for the challenges of balancing a career, freedom, and a growing family. Invaluable in its advice to parents, Misconceptions speaks to anyone connected—personally, medically, or professionally—to a new mother.

About Naomi Wolf

Naomi Wolf's first book, The Beauty Myth, was published in fourteen countries and is an international bestseller. She is also the author of Fire with Fire and Promiscuities, among other books, and her essays have appeared in the New Republic, Esquire, Ms., the Washington Post, and the New York Times. Naomi has appeared on many national talk shows and speaks to college audiences across Canada and the United States on the topic of young women and feminism. She holds a degree from Yale University and New College, Oxford University, and lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ciara

blech. more like one & a half stars, maybe? this was the last book i read before i gave birth to ramona. kind of a weird book to go out on. this book was incredibly self-indulgent. basically, naomi wolf got pregnant & made the same mistake that every pregnant-for-the-first-time woman makes in thinkin......more

Goodreads review by Clare

I read this soon after I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. It was a completely chance finding as I browsed in a bookshop in Clapham. At the time I just wanted something that was a little more personal than all the slightly scary pregnancy manuals that everyone seemed to think I should be re......more