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I'm Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to Motherhood

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I'm Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to MotherhoodLisa Manterfield was a sensible 32 year old when she met The One a man who sparked a passion for tango, an urge to break down closed doors, and a deep rooted desire to reproduce. Five years later she was a baby addict, hiding her addiction, plotting a maternity ward heist, and threatening anything that got in her way, including her beloved husband and his pesky practicality. In this gritty and honest memoir, Manterfield traces her spiraling route from

Lisa Manterfield was a sensible 32-year-old when she met The One-a man who sparked a passion for tango, an urge to break down closed doors, and a deep-rooted desire to reproduce. Five years later she was a baby addict, hiding her addiction, plotting a maternity ward heist, and threatening anything that got in her way, including her beloved husband and his pesky practicality. In this gritty and honest memoir, Manterfield traces her spiraling route from rational 21st century woman to desperate mama-wannabe. She examines the siren song of motherhood, the insidious lure of the fertility industry, and the repercussions of being childless in a mom-centric society. But this isn't just another infertility story with another miracle baby ending, nor is it a sad introspective of a childless woman; this is a story about love, desire, and choices-and ultimately about hope. It is the story of a woman who escapes her addiction, not with a baby, but with her sanity, her marriage, and her sense-of-self intact.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Steel Rose Press
Published: 01/04/2011
ISBN: 9780983012504
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d
Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner
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Draper, US
★★★★★ 5
Cute book
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I love this book. It is fun to read to kids.
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The hidden secret is a hit!
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My 6 year old has autism and his hyper fixation is anything space related and comparing sizes of everything in it from molecules to galaxies. So needless to say finding this book hit every one of his interests and he’s hooked. Not only is the book cute and clever, the hidden secret at the end of the book sent him into a fit of giggles while searching for everything with his black light pen. This is the only book he constantly goes back to.
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★★★★★ 5
Loved this book!
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I have a grandson (5yrs old) who loves "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly" books, and is obsessed with black holes as well. He asked santa for a black hole for Christmas and his mom told me, "good luck with that", so when I found this, it was perfect! He absolutely loved it and it's a cute book to read.
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Port Orchard, US
★★★★★ 5
Love it!
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My 6 year old LOVES this book! I read it to him every night that I know it by heart. He’s extremely fascinated by black holes, and It has really got him curious about cells and atoms.
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2nd book if you have black light
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The book is ok, with the same plot as "there was an old lady who swallowed a fly" but there is a second book that goes back to front if you have a blacklight. Some of the pages were not printed well with the invisible ink but I really liked that second book better, as it explains the terminology like quarks and atoms. It is a fun book but having a black light is a must.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024

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