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Lauren Slater has a degree from Harvard and a doctorate from Boston University and she suffers from chronic emotional and mental illness. In Love Works like This she chronicles her life from the moment of the positive pregnancy test through to the first year of her daughter's life. This is no straightforward happy pregnancy tale. Instead we are given an in-depth account of Slater's doubts and fears as she balances her need for powerful drugs against the effects they may have on her child. Slater also walks the feminist tightrope—contrasting her desire for success with her ambiguous maternal instincts. As she agonizes over each detail of her pregnancy and gouges her heart out over every dilemma, her husband Jacob emerges as the strong spouse and healthy, proud parent.
Lauren Slater has a degree from Harvard and a doctorate from Boston University and she suffers from chronic emotional and mental illness. In Love Works like This she chronicles her life from the moment of the positive pregnancy test through to the first year of her daughter's life. This is no straightforward happy pregnancy tale. Instead we are given an in-depth account of Slater's doubts and fears as she balances her need for powerful drugs against the effects they may have on her child. Slater also walks the feminist tightrope—contrasting her desire for success with her ambiguous maternal instincts. As she agonizes over each detail of her pregnancy and gouges her heart out over every dilemma, her husband Jacob emerges as the strong spouse and healthy, proud parent.
This unusual book helps to illuminate not only the process of pregnancy but also the progress of mental illness. Slater has a marvellously clear eye for detail and she writes with a brutal reality combined with a lyric sensitivity. For the British reader, this book might seem like the worst kind of self-absorbed New Yorker claptrap. But this is what makes the book fascinating. Slater not only gives an absorbing description of pregnancy, she also reveals the inner workings of a clearly unwell woman's mind. As she struggles with the pain of her illness and the joy of her pregnancy we are caught up in a conflict that raises important questions for all post-feminist women. At the same time Slater's intimate struggles blossom into a kind of bittersweet redemption. --Dwight Longenecker
The Glasgow Herald, 8th January 2003
"This lucid, highly intelligent account of one woman's single pregnancy ... It is hugely compelling."
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