Because I Said So (54 page)

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Also edited by

Camille Peri and Kate Moses

Mothers Who Think:

Tales of Real-Life Parenthood

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Jacket design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich Designed by Nancy B. Field

Copyright

BECAUSE I SAID SO. Copyright © 2005 by Camille Peri and Kate Moses. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of PerfectBound™.

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Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader March 2005 ISBN 0-06-083849-3

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Because I said so: 33 mothers write about children, sex, men, aging, faith, race, and themselves / edited by Kate Moses and Camille Peri.

p. cm.

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Document Outline

• Cover Image
  
• Title Page
  
• Dedication Page
  
• Contents
  
  • Introduction
    
  • Chapter One: The Scarlet Letter Z
    
  • Chapter Two: Two Heads Are Better Than Three
    
  • Chapter Three : Material Girls
    
  • Chapter Four : Prayin� Hard for Better Dayz
    
  • Chapter Five: Thirteen
    
  • Chapter Six: On Giving Hope
    
  • Chapter Seven: Harry Potter and Divorce Among the Muggles
    
  • Chapter Eight: Escape from the Devil�s Playground
    
  • Chapter Nine: Boys! Give Me Boys!
    
  • Chapter Ten: Why I Can Never Go Back to the French Laundry
    
  • Chapter Eleven: There�s No Being Sad Here
    
  • Chapter Twelve: Was He Black or White?
    
  • Chapter Thirteen: Motherlove
    
  • Chapter Fourteen : Immaculate Conception
    
  • Chapter Fifteen: Thin, Blonde, and Drunk
    
  • Chapter Sixteen: Fight Club
    
  • Chapter Seventeen: Chaos Theory
    
  • Chapter Eighteen: Are Hunters Born or Made?
    
  • Chapter Nineteen: Wolves at the Door
    
  • Chapter Twenty: Mothers Just Like Us
    
  • Chapter Twenty-One: Iranian Revelation
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Two: Survivor
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Three: Bald Single Mother Does Not Seek Date
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Four: Natural Mother
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Five: No Blame
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Six: Why I Left My Children
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Seven: Invisible Worlds
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Babysitters� Club
    
  • Chapter Twenty-Nine: Ourselves, Carried Forward
    
  • Chapter Thirty: Dude, Where�s My Family?
    
  • Chapter Thirty-One: My Surrogate
    
  • Chapter Thirty-Two: The Belly Unbuttoned
    
  • Chapter Thirty-Three: Mother of the World
    
  • Contributors� Notes
    
  • Essay Credits
    
  • Acknowledgments
    
  • About the Author
    
  • Other Books by Camille Peri & Kate Moses
    
  • Credits
    
  • Copyright Notice
    
  • About the Perfectbound
    

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Scarlet Letter Z Asra Q. Nomani

Two Heads Are Better Than Three Mary Roach

Material Girls Margaret Talbot

Prayin’ Hard for Better Dayz Camille Peri

Thirteen Janet Fitch

On Giving Hope Mariane Pearl

Harry Potter and Divorce Among the Muggles

Escape from the Devil’s Playground Ariel Gore

Boys! Give Me Boys! Jennifer Allen

Why I Can Never Go Back to the French Laundry

There’s No Being Sad Here Denise Minor

Was He Black or White? Cecelie S. Berry

Motherlove Ayelet Waldman

Immaculate Conception Fufkin Vollmayer

Thin, Blonde, and Drunk Kristen Taylor

Fight Club Rahna Reiko Rizzuto

Chaos Theory Mary Morris

Are Hunters Born or Made? Ana Castillo

Wolves at the Door Karin L. Stanford

Mothers Just Like Us Debra Ollivier

Iranian Revelation Katherine Whitney

Survivor Andrea Lawson Gray

Bald Single Mother Does Not Seek Date Christina Koenig

Natural Mother Lisa Teasley

No Blame Rosellen Brown

Why I Left My Children Mari Leonardo

Invisible Worlds Nora Okja Keller

The Babysitters’ Club Ann Hulbert

Ourselves, Carried Forward Beth Kephart

Dude, Where’s My Family? Margaret Remick

My Surrogate Charo Gonzalez

The Belly Unbuttoned Susan Straight

Mother of the World Kate Moses

Contributors’ Notes

Essay Credits

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Other Books by Camille Peri & Kate Moses

Credits

Cover

Copyright

About the Publisher

The Scarlet Letter Z

Chaos Theory