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It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters (2006)

by Andrea J. Buchanan (Editor)

Other authors: Carolyn Alessio (Contributor), Barbara Card Atkinson (Contributor), Jenny Block (Contributor), Amy Bloom (Contributor), Gayle Brandeis (Contributor)25 more, Martha Brockenbrough (Contributor), Andrea J. Buchanan (Contributor), Ann Douglas (Contributor), Leslie Leyland Fields (Contributor), Kim Fischer (Contributor), Gwendolen Gross (Contributor), Jessica Berger Gross (Contributor), Rachel Hall (Contributor), Kelly H. Johnson (Contributor), Suzanne Kamata (Contributor), Yvonne Latty (Contributor), Jennifer Lauck (Contributor), Jody Mace (Contributor), Jennifer Margulis (Contributor), Joyce Maynard (Contributor), Jacquelyn Mitchard (Contributor), Vicky Mlyniec (Contributor), Catherine Newman (Contributor), Miriam Peskowitz (Contributor), Jill Siler (Contributor), Gabrielle Smith-Dluha (Contributor), Rebecca Steinitz (Contributor), Emily Alexander Strong (Contributor), Shari MacDonald Strong (Contributor), Katharine Weber (Contributor)

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The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked - aside from When are you due?" - has got to be "Are you having a girl or a boy?" When author Andrea Buchanan was pregnant with her daughter, she was thrilled to be expecting a girl. Some people were happy for her; visions of flouncy pink dresses and promises of mother-daughter bonding were the predictable responses. Other people, though, were concerned: "Is your husband OK with that?" "You can try again." "Girls are tough." This mixed message led her to explore the issue herself, with help from her fellow writers and moms, many of whom had had the same experience. As she did in It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons, Buchanan and her contributors take on what it's really like to raise a child-in this case, a girl-from babyhood to adulthood. It's a Girl, is a wide-ranging, often humorous, and honest collection of essays about the experience of the mother-daughter bond, taking on topics like "princess power" ("Shining, Shimmering, Splendid"), adding a girl to a brood of boys ("Confessions of a Tomboy Mom"), dealing with a daughter's eating disorder ("The Food Rules"), and mothering "hardcore mini-feminists" ("Tough Girls"). "… (more)
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Alessio, CarolynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Atkinson, Barbara CardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Block, JennyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bloom, AmyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brandeis, GayleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brockenbrough, MarthaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Buchanan, Andrea J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Douglas, AnnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Johnson, Kelly H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked - aside from When are you due?" - has got to be "Are you having a girl or a boy?" When author Andrea Buchanan was pregnant with her daughter, she was thrilled to be expecting a girl. Some people were happy for her; visions of flouncy pink dresses and promises of mother-daughter bonding were the predictable responses. Other people, though, were concerned: "Is your husband OK with that?" "You can try again." "Girls are tough." This mixed message led her to explore the issue herself, with help from her fellow writers and moms, many of whom had had the same experience. As she did in It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons, Buchanan and her contributors take on what it's really like to raise a child-in this case, a girl-from babyhood to adulthood. It's a Girl, is a wide-ranging, often humorous, and honest collection of essays about the experience of the mother-daughter bond, taking on topics like "princess power" ("Shining, Shimmering, Splendid"), adding a girl to a brood of boys ("Confessions of a Tomboy Mom"), dealing with a daughter's eating disorder ("The Food Rules"), and mothering "hardcore mini-feminists" ("Tough Girls"). "

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Her Perfect Woman / Carolyn Alessio

Shining, Shimmering, Splendid / Kim Fischer

Ladylike / Gabrielle Smith-Dluha

Tough Girls on Pink Bikes / Rebecca Steinetz

Confessions of a Tomboy Mom / Jacqueline Mitchard

Girl House / Yvonne Latty

Cheerleading / Miriam Peskowitz

It's a Girl / Martha Brockenbrough

On Being Barbie / Jenny Block

The Food Rules / Ann Douglas

Feeling is First: On Beauty and a Daughter / Gwendolen Gross

Breasts: A Collage / Rachel Hall

The World's Most Beautiful Baby: Take Two / Joyce Maynard

Baby Fat / Catherine Newman

Me and My Girls / Amy Bloom

Girl Talk / Suzanne Kamata

Daughter Dread / Vicky Mlyniec

Spilled Wine / Jennifer Margulis

Garden City / Jessica Berger Gross

Park Bench Epiphany / Kelly Harrington Johnson

A Strong Baby Girl / Emily Strong

Links / Jennifer Lauck

On Wanting a Girl / Shari MacDonald Strong

Zen Mind, Daughter's Mind / Gayle Brandeis

Twenty Minutes / Jill Siler

Isolation / Barbara Card Atkinson

Time Capsule / Jody Mace

The Boy We Didn't Have / Katharine Weber

Learning to Write / Andrea J. Buchanan

Passing it On / Leslie Fields
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