CONTENTS

Preface

Part One: The Painful Years

Chapter One The Spinster Nightmare

Chapter Two The Mothers' Club

Chapter Three Hitting Bottom

Part Two: The Awakening

Chapter Four Fitting In

Chapter Five Hacking a Path Through the Wilderness

Chapter Six Giving Birth to the Self

Part Three: The Celebration

Chapter Seven Taking the High Road

Chapter Eight Mothers of the Universe

Chapter Nine The Marvels of the Multifaceted Woman