Today’s Nonfiction post is No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood edited by
Henriette Mantel. It is 233 pages long, including notes and more information
about the writers and is published by Seal Press. The cover just the title and
editor information on it in red and white. The intended reader is adult with
and without children. There is language, sex, but no violence in this book. The
essays are written from first person, with one exception. There Be Spoilers
Ahead.
From the back of the book- Writer and director
Henriette Mantel brings together a star-studded group of humorous, talented
women, including foreword writer Jennifer Coolridge, Margaret Cho, Wendy
Liebman, Laurie Graff, and Nora Dunn, among many others, to write about opting
out of motherhood. Compelling, inspiring, and often hilarious, No Kidding reveals another side of the
story and celebrates an entire population of woman who bypassed parenthood.
Review- If you are childfree then read this book. It
is funny but honest about the experiences that those who are childfree have.
The only problem I have with the book is that it only uses the word childless
when most of the women in this book are childfree. The difference is important.
Childless people are the ones who want to have child and cannot. The childfree
are the ones who do not want to have children at all. The essays range from
dealing with family about being childfree to the heartbreak of being childless.
I really enjoyed these essays. They were all very well written and touching.
The one that is not written in person first is The Pathology of Motherhood by Valri Bromfield. It is a user manual
for mothers who do not want to be mothers and is very funny. If you are
childfree then give this book a look; I am sure that you will enjoy it.
I give this book Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for
my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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