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Parenthood in the Age of Fear
Flatiron
September 2018
On Sale: August 21, 2018
Featuring: Kim Brooks
ISBN: 1250089557
EAN: 9781250089557
Kindle: B079DVXVKF
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Non-Fiction Memoir
"Part memoir, part history, part documentary, part
impassioned manifesto...it might be the most important book
about being a parent that you will ever read." —Emily
Rapp Black, New York Times bestselling author of
The Still Point of the Turning World “A
beautifully told, harrowing story…”—Heather
Havrilesky One morning, Kim Brooks made a
split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the
car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume
the next several years of her life and spur her to
investigate the broader role America’s culture of fear plays
in parenthood. In Small Animals, Brooks asks, Of all
the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more
universal or profound than fear? Why have our notions of
what it means to be a good parent changed so radically? In
what ways do these changes impact the lives of parents,
children, and the structure of society at large? And what,
in the end, does the rise of fearful parenting tell us about
ourselves? Fueled by urgency and the emotional
intensity of Brooks’s own story, Small Animals is a
riveting examination of the ways our culture of competitive,
anxious, and judgmental parenting has profoundly altered the
experiences of parents and children. In her signature
style—by turns funny, penetrating, and always
illuminating—which has dazzled millions of fans and been
called "striking" by New York Times Book Review and
"beautiful" by the National Book Critics Circle, Brooks
offers a provocative, compelling portrait of parenthood in
America and calls us to examine what we most value in our
relationships with our children and one another.
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