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Informationen zum Autor MEGHAN DAUM is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, the author of The Unspeakable , My Misspent Youth , Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House, The Quality of Life Report, and the editor of Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed . Her essays and reviews have appeared in The New Yorker , Harper's , The New York Times Book Review , Vogue , and other publications. Klappentext Sixteen literary luminaries on the controversial subject of being childless by choice, in this critically acclaimed, bestselling anthology One of the most provocative and talked-about books of the year, Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed is the stunning collection exploring one of society's most vexing taboos. One of the main topics of cultural conversation during the last decade was the supposed "fertility crisis," and whether modern women could figure out a way to have it all-a successful career and the required 2.3 children-before their biological clocks stopped ticking. Now, however, the conversation has turned to whether it's necessary to have it all (see Anne-Marie Slaughter) or, perhaps more controversial, whether children are really a requirement for a fulfilling life. In this exciting and controversial collection of essays, curated by writer Meghan Daum, thirteen acclaimed female writers explain why they have chosen to eschew motherhood. Contributors include Lionel Shriver, Sigrid Nunez, Kate Christensen, Elliott Holt, Geoff Dyer, and Tim Kreider, among others, who will give a unique perspective on the overwhelming cultural pressure of parenthood. This collection makes a smart and passionate case for why parenthood is not the only path to a happy, productive life, and takes our parent-centric, kid-fixated, baby-bump-patrolling culture to task in the process. In this book, that shadowy faction known as the childless-by-choice comes out into the light. Zusammenfassung Selfish! Shallow! and Self-Absorbed is the stunning collection exploring one of society's most vexing taboos. One of the main topics of cultural conversation during the last decade was the supposed "fertility crisis!" and whether modern women could figure out a way to have it all before their biological clock stopped ticking. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Introduction by Meghan Daum - 1 Babes in the Woods by Courtney Hodell - 11 Maternal Instincts by Laura Kipnis - 31 A Thousand Other Things by Kate Christensen - 47 The New Rhoda by Paul Lisicky - 63 Be Here Now Means Be Gone Later by Lionel Shriver - 77 The Most Important Thing by Sigrid Nunez - 97 Mommy Fearest by Anna Holmes - 119 Amateurs by Michelle Huneven - 131 Save Yourself by Danielle Henderson - 14 The Trouble with Having It All by Pam Houston - 163 Beyond Beyond Motherhood by Jeanne Safer - 185 Over and Out by Geoff Dyer - 197 You'd Be Such a Good Mother, If Only You Weren't You by M. G. - 209 Lord The Hardest Art by Rosemary Mahoney - 227 Just an Aunt by Elliott Holt - 245 The End of the Line by Tim Kreider - 261 Acknowledgments - 275 Contributors - 277 ...
