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Mother … May I?

A review of Maternal Desire: On Children, Love and the Inner Life, by, Daphne de Marneffe. New York: Little, Brown, 2004, 401 pp. Ann Chanler, Ph.D. (2008). Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 44:309-316

MOTHERHOOD is powerful business. Whether it involves thinking about having children, balancing work with family, or struggles with infertility, the discourse is passionate. Sadly, however, there is one thing mothers today do not seem to be able to talk about, namely, the pleasure they take in being devoted to and spending time with their children.