Writer first, mother second: the politics and ethics of motherhood memoirs

Writer first, mother second: the politics and ethics of motherhood memoirs

In 2009 when Julie Myerson published her creative non-fiction book The Lost Child., Minette Marrin wrote in the Times: 'Her son was betrayed because she's a writer first and a mother second.’ This was clearly meant as a damning indictment of Myerson, as was much of the press coverage of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robertson, Rachel
Other Authors: Janie Conway-Herron
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australasian Association of Writing Programs 2012
Subjects:
Memoir
Life writing
Autobiography
Ethics
Motherhood
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11034

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