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 enlarge | Creator: Andrea J. Buchanan
Publisher: Seal Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 59170
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1580051456
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9781580051453
ASIN: 1580051456
Publication Date: October 21, 2005
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 Overall great essays, but some that are very hard to read May 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall, the stories are touching and are exactly what I was hoping for when I ordered this book. However, for those of you are sensitive, be careful - there are some hard essays to read in there about loss and danger to the mother - which being pregnant right now, I found difficult.
 Sentimental and Real November 7, 2007
Great Book. A must-have. Many of the essays made me cry, which is OK because I had it in my car where I would read it in a parking lot after my son would fall asleep in the car. Just my boy and me, in silence, and I could relate to all the stories.
Another book which is equally good but will have you laughing instead of crying is "The House of Testosterone". That's in my car now. ;-)
Absolutely Wonderful. Insightful October 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Interesting the only negative review was from a male. I have a 14 mo. old son and these writers are spot on about so much! I feel like they are my feminist friends. Great tough insights, wonderful laughs too.
Good work.
 Women are scary October 11, 2007
6 out of 49 found this review helpful
Reviewing the reviews-- wow -- as a son-- these comments from women are really scary , as are the bizarre, anti-male topics mentioned in the book-- wanting a girl, but getting a boy; "dealing with " boys "otherness", " prenatal boy apprehension".
Why don't you ladies here-- and apparently the author /editor of this compedium--- abort a boy when you determine his gender and are disappointed.
Apparently, from this sample, there are a lot of you women out there. I find it disgusting.
Women of the last 40 years sure are a misandrist lot--- can you imagine men publishing a book on their disappointmenr at being informed "Its a girl"-- worrying about her "otherness" and having "girl apprehension". They would be accused of sexism and denounced all about.
But here we have women with these strange thoughts about coping with a male child-- we are the same species, you know, remember your father-- he was maleetc.
Maybe you gals can try parthogenesis or asexual cloning, so you can only have girls and eventually the world will look like you want it to-- all female.
This book and these female reviewers--and apparently a lot of women-- make this man wonder why they are so anti-male that they enter a state of depression and obsess about what to do with this strange "other". Yuch
If you have a boy, you have to read this August 2, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I heard about this book from a book review in the Brain, Child magazine. I checked it out from the library. After reading about 80% of the stories, I knew that I owed the writers and editor something for bringing this collection of well written and honest stories to me. So I bought it. I have a daughter and a son, and this book helped me to make sense of how I was feeling differently about mothering a son vs a daughter. These writers validated those feelings and gave me words to express them. My son was about 10 months old when I bought it, and I am sure I will reread many of the essays again as he gets older and my experience with raising a boy grows. I would loan out this book, but I'm afraid I won't get it back again!
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