Table of Contents

The Mask of Motherhood - Susan Maushart Acknowledgments
Introduction
Faking Motherhood: The Mask Revealed
"Falling": The Experience of Pregnancy
Laboring Under Delusions
Penelope Leach Meets Godzilla: A Chaos Theory of New Motherhood
Lactation Intolerant: The Worst of Breast Is Best
The Juggled Life
Superwoman and Stuporman: Parenthood and Partnership
Conclusion
Notes

About the Author

Susan Maushart is a columnist for Weekend Australian Magazine and is heard regularly on ABC Radio as host of the acclaimed online series "Multiple Choice." Maushart has a PhD in Media Ecology from New York University and her book The Mask of Motherhood was hailed by the London Times as "a feminist classic." She lives in Australia but will be returning to live in the Long Island, New York, area this winter.