Custody : the secret history of mothers
Feigel, Lara2026
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For general readers on the history of child custody, an issue that affects so many lives and a question that seems fundamental to our experience and understanding of family. It is also an issue that has played a central, at times troubling role in the history of feminism. Lara Feigel's book probes the relationship between emancipation and care via a range of fascinating (and also heartbreaking, surprising and enraging) custody cases 1800 to the present. This book is the story of eight women - Caroline Norton, George Sand, Isabella Robinson, Frieda Lawrence, Edna O'Brien, Alice Walker, Sharon Bottoms, Britney Spears - who have fought for their children and been found wanting.
Main title:
Custody : the secret history of mothers / Lara Feigel.
Author:
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2026.London : William Collins, 2026.
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008655457 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.89
Language:
English
BRN:
3113589