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PW on Unbuttoned: “Beautifully Written . . . Powerful and Informative”

Monday February 23, 2009

The February 23, 2009, issue of Publishers Weekly featured a glowing review of the anthology Unbuttoned: Women Open Up About the Pleasures, Pains, and Politics of Breastfeeding (April 2009), edited by Dana Sullivan and Maureen Connolly. The review was starred, meaning that it is one of the editors’ top picks for the issue. Here’s the review:

“In this revealing collection of essays, 25 writers talk about their personal breastfeeding experiences. The beautifully written, heartbreaking… entry ‘Breast-Laid Plans’ by Heidi Raykeil is about how nursing her daughter for three and a half years helped her become whole again after the loss of her first-born child. In ‘Motherhood Made a Liar Out of Me,’ Daryn Eller writes about feeling left out as the mother of an adopted, bottle-fed daughter and when asked in the playground if her child is weaned, she always answers ‘yes.’ Dawn Porter’s ‘In a Man’s World’ tackles the difficulties of pumping milk in the workplace, while Patricia Berry is clear on her decision in ‘Because I Don’t Want To,’ her husband and La Leche League be damned. The authors are all accomplished writers and their collected emotions and sentiments form a powerful and informative commentary on this most loaded of parenting topics that will especially resonate with anyone who has raised a child.”