tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19482785.post6286823653619175617..comments2023-07-17T11:59:54.473+01:00Comments on TrishyB says: Books about motherhood: Can Any Mother Help Me? and We Need to Talk About KevinTrish Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13829647858169418092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19482785.post-50430129894467557102008-06-15T19:49:00.000+01:002008-06-15T19:49:00.000+01:00These sound really interesting - I'll try to pick ...These sound really interesting - I'll try to pick them up when I'm over in Ireland next month. <BR/><BR/>The stuff abut gender relations in the first book reminds me of things that I've been told by an old woman who lives up the road here in Cluny. (I give her a hand with her shopping bags a couple of times a week, which has given me a chance to hear quite a bit about her life). She said her scattymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470795660008338488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19482785.post-24085625894104927012008-06-15T12:38:00.000+01:002008-06-15T12:38:00.000+01:00Indeed, that is where I first read about it, and t...Indeed, that is where I first read about it, and then mrmonkey bought it for my birthday. At first I was attracted to the APA nature of it, but now I love it as a piece of social history.Trish Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829647858169418092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19482785.post-75204679139132677472008-06-15T07:09:00.000+01:002008-06-15T07:09:00.000+01:00The LRB did review Can Any Mother Help Me, btwhttp...The LRB did review Can Any Mother Help Me, btw<BR/>http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n10/hill01_.htmlRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982456781495860478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19482785.post-4764805236585457742008-06-14T17:11:00.000+01:002008-06-14T17:11:00.000+01:00I read 'We Need To Talk About Kevin" standing by t...I read 'We Need To Talk About Kevin" standing by the 'New Releases' shelf in Hodges Figgis. It is a mesmerising book. I heard about "Can Any Mother Help Me" on Woman's Hour and thought it sounded very interesting. I think I will take you up on your suggestion and read the two together.Ammonitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114285660051674902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19482785.post-8157959721718853492008-06-13T15:45:00.000+01:002008-06-13T15:45:00.000+01:00I've passed on mention of this post to Sam, who re...I've passed on mention of this post to Sam, who read with interest Enright's book and would probably be interested in these two.<BR/><BR/>There is a real isolating effect for a full-time housewife/mother, especially when the kids are small and consume all your time while they're awake, and a good chunk of it when they're asleep (cleaning up after their waking maelstrom), and it's not an easy mylescorcoranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521174819196050522noreply@blogger.com