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(0)Rachel Moran
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Physical Desc
295 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Born into a troubled family, Moran left home at the age of fourteen, and was driven into prostitution to survive. With intelligence and empathy, she describes the exploitation she and others endured on the streets and in the brothels. Moran also speaks to the psychological damage inherent to prostitution and the inevitable estrangement from one's body. At twenty-two, Moran escaped the sex trade, and now explores its lingering influence on a woman's...
Author
Physical Desc
292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Postpartum depression and mental illness were long considered unfit for the public, psychological, or political discussion. Women were typically told their "baby blues" weren't important--or that they were failing as mothers. As Rachel Louise Moran shows, bringing these serious and common challenges into the open didn't just happen. It took activists, medical professionals, and countless everyday mothers to speak the unspeakable: motherhood is hard,...