Of Woman Born, Adrienne Rich. Norton, 1986.
Vintage softcover. Some light shelfwear. Some creasing to cover. Some wear to corners. Some scribbles on the title page. No other markings inside. Good condition.
"In order for all women to have real choices all along the line," Adrienne Rich writes, "we need fully to understand the power and powerlessness embodied in motherhood in patriarchal culture." Rich's investigation, in this influential and landmark book, concerns both experience and institution. The experience is her own-as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother--but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on personal materials, history, research, and literature to create a document of universal importance. (from back cover).