Mixed feelings about motherhooduncertainty over having a child. In a society where perfection in parenting is the unattainable ideal, this compassionate book also shows how women can affect positive change in their lives. Read 17 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. She uncovers the roots of ambivalence, tells how it manifests in lives of women and their children, and describes a spectrum of maternal behavior - from normal feelings to highly disturbed mothering. In this beautifully written book, Barbara Almond brings this troubling issue to light. Mixed feelings about motherhood - uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children - are not just hard to discuss, they are a powerful social taboo.
Almond, a psychoanalyst, offers an optimistic message about the roots of these mixed emotions." The Washington Post Reseña del editor: Recommended If: The last book you'd ever pick up is one about motherhood." Bitch "Takes on the taboo of maternal ambivalence. Barbara Almond explores maternal ambivalence, which she defines as a combination of the loving and hating feelings we experience toward those who are important to us. 'The Monster Within' addresses what everybody knows, but almost nobody talks about: Even the best mothers among us will be or have been tormented from time to time by strong feelings of dread, fear, hatred and even revulsion at the whole process of motherhood, as well as experiencing downright murderous feelings toward our children." - Carolyn See Washington Post Book World "A smart, cohesive read, and a welcome respite from perfect-mother guidebooks. Sons, husbands, dads and lovers might profit from reading this, too. An oddly compelling read." New Yorker "Myth-shredding look at maternal ambivalence." Ms Magazine "First, let me recommend this engrossing study to every new mother, old mother, good mother and bad mother.
This book is enormously useful to mothers, clinicians and anyone else interested in the psychology of motherhood.'Daphne de Marneffe, author of Maternal Desire: On. Drawing on her thirty-seven years of practice as a psychoanalyst as well as her own experiences as a mother, Almond leads an adventurous tour through the shadowy, secret parts of the mother's psyche. Almond's fresh insights and perspectives regarding maternal ambivalence help us to become more comfortable with these feelings. "Just the thing for a gray and drizzly autumn afternoon.
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