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    I'm Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to Motherhood

    By Lisa Manterfield

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    2012 IPPY Award winner!

    Lisa Manterfield was a sensible 32-year-old when she met The One - a man who sparked a passion for tango, an urge to break down closed doors, and a deep-rooted desire to reproduce. Five years later, she was a baby addict, hiding her addiction, plotting a maternity ward heist, and threatening anything that got in her way, including her beloved husband and his pesky practicality.

    In this gritty, award-winning memoir, Manterfield traces her spiraling route from rational 21st century woman to desperate mama-wannabe. She examines the siren song of motherhood, the insidious lure of the fertility industry, and the repercussions of being childless in a mom-centric world. But this isn't just another infertility story with another miracle baby ending, nor is it a sad introspective of a childless woman; this is a story about love, desire, and choices - and ultimately about hope. It is the story of a woman who escapes her addiction, not with a baby, but with her sanity, her marriage, and her sense-of-self intact.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLisa Manterfield
    Release dateNov 18, 2010
    ISBN9780983012511
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