The first book of its kind, "Wanting a Child" is a collection of personal essays written by literary authors about their difficult, sometimes heartbreaking but ultimately mostly successful quests for parenthood.
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The first book of its kind, "Wanting a Child" is a collection of personal essays written by literary authors about their difficult, sometimes heartbreaking but ultimately mostly successful quests for parenthood.
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Add this copy of Wanting a Child to cart. $2.19, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child to cart. $5.00, like new condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published by New York, NY, U.S.A. : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1998. 1st Edition.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine, pictorial dj. Giftable. 274 pp. Wanting a Child offers some dazzling writing and an often remarkable, openhearted honesty about parenthood that make it well worth reading. "Never have I felt such triumphs and inadequacies, such pleasure or such sorrow, " writes Shea of her leap into single motherhood. ". And never have I relished so thoroughly the existence of another person in my life. "--Maria Dolan; From Publishers Weekly; This hauntingly written and heartfelt collection assembled by Bialosky and Schulman details the experiences of men and women who have wanted to have children but, for various reasons, found the road to parenthood paved with difficulties. Several of the essays deal with responses to infertility and miscarriage.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child to cart. $6.90, very good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child to cart. $7.00, good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farar, Straus, & Giroux.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child: Twenty-Two Writers on Their Difficult to cart. $9.20, good condition, Sold by Colorado's Used Bookstore, Inc rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Englewood, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar Straus & Giroux (T).
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Good in Good jacket. Light edgewear to dust jacket, binding sound and pages unmarked. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child to cart. $18.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Giroux.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by JB Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Garrison, ND, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A collection of essays discussing the nature of the desire to be a parent, conception and the modern technologies assisting that, 'alternative' families and parents, related problems and issues such as abortion, miscarriage, fertility and infertility, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, 274pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child: Twenty-Two Writers on Their Difficult to cart. $27.00, like new condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Robinson Street Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc.
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Used: Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Religious Life & Practice: Very Good Hardcover in slightly creased Dust jacket, Clean pages, Prompt shipping with Tracking.
Add this copy of Wanting a Child: Twenty-Two Writers on Their Difficult to cart. $72.97, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
