ISBN |
9781529176612 (paperback) |
Name |
Reynolds, Margaret, 1957- author. |
Title |
The wild track : adopting, mothering, belonging / Margaret Reynolds, with Lucy Reynolds. |
Edition |
Penguin paperback edition. |
Published |
London : Penguin Books, 2022. |
©2021 |
Description |
viii, 302 pages ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Doubleday. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-299). |
Summary |
Beautifully written and extremely moving, this is a probing exploration of what drives a woman to become a mother, told through the prism of the author's experience in deciding and attempting to adopt a child. How to find an outlet for a love that demands expression? Single, in her mid-forties and having experienced a sudden early menopause, the realisation comes to Peggy quietly, and clearly, she decides to adopt a child. But the preparation is arduous and the scrutiny intense. There are questions about past lives, about capability and expectations. Asking big questions about identity and belonging, as well as about what makes a mother - and a home - this is a beautiful meditation on how the legacies of childhood might be overcome by a mother's determination to love. |
Subjects |
Reynolds, Margaret, -- 1957- |
Reynolds, Lucy |
Single mothers -- Biography |
Adoption |
Motherhood |
Adoptive parents |
Mothers and daughters |
Other Names |
Reynolds, Lucy author. |
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