Harpy - A Manifesto for Childfree Women

In this timely and thoughtful book, Caroline Magennis looks beyond the often-divisive conversation around women who choose to be childfree and offers an alternative message of hope and celebration. With humour and intelligence, she explores why motherhood isn't right for everybody and how any woman - whether a parent or childfree - can live a full life, while also reminding the reader that your freedoms and the right to autonomy should never be taken for granted.

About the author

Caroline Magennis is an academic and writer based in Manchester. Her writing has appeared in The Independent, Prospect Magazine and The Irish Times. Her book, Northern Irish Writing After the Troubles, has been named the joint winner of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies Monograph Prize 2022.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Magennis
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2025
• EAN: 9781837730667
• ISBN: 978-1-83773-066-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 210 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Memoirs, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs