The Resource That kind of mother, Rumaan Alam

That kind of mother, Rumaan Alam

Label
That kind of mother
Title
That kind of mother
Statement of responsibility
Rumaan Alam
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Like many first-time mothers, Rebecca Stone finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at the hospital who offers her any real help-- Priscilla Johnson-- and begs her to come home with them as her son's nanny. Priscilla's presence quickly does as much to shake up Rebecca's perception of the world as it does to stabilize her life. Rebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby. But she is unprepared for what it means to be a white mother with a black son. As she soon learns, navigating motherhood for her is a matter of learning how to raise two children whom she loves with equal ferocity, but whom the world is determined to treat differently
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Alam, Rumaan
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3601.L3257
LC item number
T48 2018
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • New mothers
  • Race relations
  • Motherhood
  • Nannies
  • Interracial adoption
  • Privilege (Social psychology)
  • Families
Label
That kind of mother, Rumaan Alam
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
291 pages
Isbn
9780062667601
Lccn
2018000165
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1000318351
  • (OCoLC)1000318351
Label
That kind of mother, Rumaan Alam
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
291 pages
Isbn
9780062667601
Lccn
2018000165
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1000318351
  • (OCoLC)1000318351

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