Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence

Rebecca Walker

Penguin Publishing Group, Mar 4, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 240 pages

From the international bestselling author of Black, White, and Jewish comes a "wonderfully insightful" (Associated Press) book that's destined to become a motherhood classic. Now in trade.

Like many women her age, thirty-four-year-old Rebecca Walker was brought up to be skeptical of motherhood. As an adult she longed for a baby but feared losing her independence. In this very smart memoir, Walker explores some of the larger sociological trends of her generation while delivering her own story about the emotional and intellectual transformation that led her to motherhood.

About the author

Rebecca Walker has received numerous awards and accolades for her writing and activism. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications; in addition to the international bestseller Black, White, and Jewish, her books include Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence, and the anthologies To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, which has become a standard text in gender studies courses around the world, and What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future. A popular speaker at universities and in business settings, Walker teaches the art of memoir at workshops and writing conferences internationally. She lives in Hawaii.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence
• Author: Rebecca Walker
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008
• ISBN: 1594482888, 9781594482885
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth; Social Science / Women's Studies