Ebook: Domestic affairs : enduring the pleasures of motherhood and family life
Author: Maynard Joyce
- Tags: Mothers -- United States -- Humor., Working mothers -- United States -- Humor., Parent and child -- United States -- Humor., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women., POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy., SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural., SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture., Mothers., Parent and child., Working mothers., United States.
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
- City: New York, United States
- Language: English
- epub
An unforgettable collection of essays on the everyday thrills and challenges of marriage and motherhood, from one of America & rsquo;s best-loved memoirists Witty and insightful, Domestic Affairs is an extension of Joyce Maynard & rsquo;s celebrated, widely syndicated newspaper column of the same name that ran from 1984 to 1990. Each essay gives an unfiltered look at the ups and downs of family life and a remarkableRead more...
Abstract: An unforgettable collection of essays on the everyday thrills and challenges of marriage and motherhood, from one of America & rsquo;s best-loved memoirists Witty and insightful, Domestic Affairs is an extension of Joyce Maynard & rsquo;s celebrated, widely syndicated newspaper column of the same name that ran from 1984 to 1990. Each essay gives an unfiltered look at the ups and downs of family life and a remarkable window into the challenges of modern motherhood. Topics range from babysitter woes to family visits to coping with a child & rsquo;s burgeoning independence. These collected writings represent nine years & rsquo; worth of stories about the greatest adventure of Maynard & rsquo;s life, or, as she writes, & ldquo;the difficult, exhausting, humbling, and endlessly gratifying business of raising children, of ensuring the health of both body and soul. & rdquo; This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joyce Maynard including rare photos from the author & rsquo;s personal collection