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Women Without Kids

By: Ruby Warrington
Narrated by: Ruby Warrington
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What is "woman" if not "mother"?
Anything she wants to be.

Foregoing motherhood has traditionally marked a woman as "other." With no official place setting for her in our society, she has hovered on the sidelines: the quirky girl, the neurotic career obsessive, the "eccentric" aunt. Instead of continuing to paint women without kids as sad, self-obsessed, or somehow dysfunctional, what if we saw them as boldly forging a new vision for a fully autonomous womankind? Or as journalist and thought leader Ruby Warrington asks, what if being a woman without kids were in fact its own kind of legacy?

Taking in themes from intergenerational healing to feminism to environmentalism, this personal look and anthropological dig into a stubbornly taboo topic is a timely and brave reframing of what it means not to be a mum. Whether we are childless by design or circumstance, we can live without regret, shame, or compromise.

Bold and tenderhearted, Women Without Kids seeks first and foremost to help validate a path that is the natural consequence of women having more say about the choices we make and how our lives play out. Within this, it unites the unsung sisterhood of non-mothers as a vital part of our evolution and collective healing as women, as humans, and as a global family.

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©2023 Ruby Warrington (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited
Gender Studies Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences Sociology
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This book explores in depth the decision to have or not to have kids, and the economic, cultural, societal, emotional, and environmental factors surrounding this decision. The author challenges you to a process of self-inquiry, while weaving in the details of her own personal journey in an honest and relatable way. This book isn't at all smug or self-indulgent, and its primary focus is not how to live your best life as a woman without kids; it is deeper than that. I'm sure I will keep reflecting on this book (and the podcast of the same name) long after listening to it.

An important book

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I really enjoyed this book. I found Ruby’s story and opinions on motherhood very relatable. I also appreciated the depth of the childfree research that Ruby carried out. Having listened to the audio book on my work commute, I’d also like a physical copy for my bookshelf!

A must read for childfree-by-choice women

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Warrington interrupts the extreme narratives on motherhood with this sensitive exploration. Essential 21stC reading.

You need to hear this

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Really resonated with me! Author gathers many of the questions and concerns of people that consider if they want children or not. I totally recommend.

amazing book.

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Loved this book, it was all I wanted and more. It’s written in an insightful, vulnerable and thought provoking way. Useful for those weighing up the decision to procreate and also everyone else. So valuable!

Interesting, thought provoking, validating

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