Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace (26 page)

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Copyright © 2009 by Ayelet Waldman

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A version of
Bad Mother
appeared in
New York
magazine. Portions of
Bad Mother
were originally published in another form in the essay “Motherlove,” which was originally published in the collection
Because I Said So: 33 Mothers Write About Children, Sex, Men, Aging, Faith, Race, and Themselves
, edited by Camille Peri and Kate Moses (New York: HarperCollins, 2005). “Breast Is Best” and “Legacy” first appeared, in different form, in Salon. “Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle,” “My Mother-in-Law, Myself,” “Drawing a Line,” “So Ready to Be the Mother of a Loser,” and “Baby Lust” originally appeared in Salon. “My Mother-in-Law, Myself” appeared in
I Married My Mother-in-Law
, edited by Ilena Silverman (New York: Riverhead, 2006). Portions of “To Each His Own Mother” first appeared in
Cookie
. “Darling, I Like You That Way” originally appeared in
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men
, edited by Tom Dolby and Melissa de la Cruz (New York: Dutton, 2007). Elements of “The Life I Want for Them” first appeared in
Child
and on
All Things Considered
.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Waldman, Ayelet.

Bad mother : a chronicle of maternal crimes, minor calamities, and occasional moments of grace / by Ayelet Waldman.—1st ed.

    p. cm.

1. Waldman, Ayelet—Family. 2. Authors, American—21st century—Biography. 3. Authors, American—21st century—Family relationships. 4. Motherhood—United States. I. Title.

PS3573.A42124Z46 2009
813′.54—dc22
[B]
2008036543

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