The Good Mother Myth by Nancy Reddy is a non-fiction book published in 2024 available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3CsLWeS

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The book explores the historical and cultural construction of motherhood, challenging the idea of the "good mother" as a universal ideal. It examines the development of ideas about motherhood through the work of psychologists such as John Bowlby, Harry Harlow and Donald Winnicott, as well as the cultural impact of figures like Dr. Spock. Reddy also includes her own personal experiences of motherhood and academic research to demonstrate the way that cultural ideals of motherhood can be ...