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Blackstone, Amy

Summary: "From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog "we're {not} having a baby," and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means for our society, economy, environment, perceived gender roles, and legacies, and how understanding and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Olmo, Irene

Summary: "A recollection, in graphic novel format, of the author's ambivalent feelings regarding motherhood while growing up, and an exploration of the imposition of motherhood on women as both an expectation and a path toward fulfillment"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Mundi 2023

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Summary: In this provocative and controversial collection of essays, curated by writer Meghan Daum, sixteen acclaimed writers explain why they have chosen to eschew parenthood. Contributors Lionel Shriver, Sigrid Nunez, Kate Christiensen, Elliott Holt, Geoff Dyer, and Tim Kreider, among others, offer a unique perspective on the overwhelming cultural pressure of parenthood. Selfish, Shallow, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 DAU

Brown, Carrie

Summary: Devoted to the husband whose family took her in as an orphan, Ruth wonders about her choices and the life they will share when her husband retires as the head of a private boys' school to which the couple has given everything they have.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRO

Guertin, Chantel

Summary: Kit Kidding has found her niche on Instagram, where she gets paid to promote brands and share expertly curated posts about her fun, fabulous, child-free life. Kit likes kids just fine, but she passionately believes that women who choose not to become mothers shouldn't have to face guilt. Or judgement. Or really hot chefs who turn out to be single dads.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GUE

Goodhart, Pippa

Summary: Zoom off into space for an adventure where YOU CHOOSE what happens next. Which alien would you most like to be friends with? And what fantastically freaky food will you decide to munch for lunch? The possibilities are infinite in this mesmerising creative toolkit which will inspire children from 3 up to make their own stories time and again - a spectacular sequel to the bestselling You Choose -...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Goodhart 2019

Reid, C. L.

Summary: After Emma makes the swim team her best friend, Izzie, (who did not make it) has started to avoid her, and Emma fears that she will have to choose between the swim team and her friendship.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE REI

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