Because I Said So: 33 Mothers Write About Children, Sex, Men, Aging, Faith, Race, and Themselves
by Kate Moses
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Read in November, 2007
Supremely excellent collection. I enjoyed most all of these slices of life from intelligent, interesting mothers. I particularly enjoyed the story of Denise Minor, "There's No Being Sad Here" which is a piercingly accurate story of growing up alongside an autistic son, as well as the wry "Material Girls" from Margaret Talbot, a commentary on the American Girls craze. "Harry Potter and Divorce Among the Muggles" "Why I Can Never Go Back to the French Laundry&...more
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Read in September, 2007
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mothers or non-mothers who are glad to be child-free!
For some reason I am always drawn to these essay collection books - about all subjects. I think they are going to be so interesting and great and they are usually OK. Because I Said So is a collection of essays by women about being mothers. Even though I don't have kids and don't really plan on having kids, I am still fascinated by these kind of stories. I think if you are a mother you would probably enjoy this because you could relate to the authors, but non-mothers can enjoy it too....more
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Read in August, 2007
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if you like essays about mothers, daughters, friends and wives
I don't usually read a lot of essay books but I really enjoyed this one. (well worth the one dollar I paid for it) If you ever read it I have madea list of the essays that I thought are worth reading and the ones that are a MUST READ. ask me for it! There were some interesting things about life and loss and mother/teenager relationships and about surrogacy, and some definatly well written ones about race and diversity. I will for sure pick this one up to read again. I think I enjoyed it most bec...more
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I initially picked this book up to read my friend Connie's essay "Divorce Among the Muggles." But then I kept reading, and found many delightful ponderings on modern motherhood. I didn't find all of them completely plausible (Ayelet Waldman I think was being deliberately provocative) but I read them all. I especially enjoyed the essay from those authors whose life experiences differed from my own.
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Mothers who work hard at their jobs and who think
Lots of fun!!! I bought it primarily for Ariel Gore's essay but enjoyed all of the essays. I really appreciated the variety of values, lifestyles and opinions of the moms in this book. The writing is dynamic and excellent. The essays pertaining to autism went to my heart.
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Read in June, 2008
Absolute sanctuary is what any mother will find herein, as well as inspiration, encouragement, and a lot of laughs.
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Read in June, 2005
A diverse collection of maternal perspective, in easy-to-divvy essays. This was great bedtime reading.
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Read in December, 2007
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Smart moms
This is the brainiest book of mom essays I ever read.
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