Review – No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood edited by Henriette Mantel

Title: No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood

Editor: Henriette Mantel

Star Rating: * *

Genre: Memoir/Women’s Issues

Synopsis

No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood is a series of essays from women in the entertainment industry discussing their decisions not to have children. Some contributors are happy with this choice, while others are filled with regret. All of them have faced discrimination because of their childlessness and have had to come to terms with how their lives have been affected by this prejudice.