The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem by Julie Phillips

The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem

Julie Phillips

304 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays emotional reflective medium-paced
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With fierce empathy and vivid prose, Phillips evokes the intimate struggles of brilliant artists and writers, including Doris Lessing, who had to choose between her motherhood and herself; Ursula K. Le Guin, who found productive stability in famil...

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Moods

informative 88%
reflective 82%
emotional 58%
inspiring 58%
challenging 35%
hopeful 29%
funny 11%
sad 5%
tense 5%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 33%
fast 6%

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