Never to Be a Mother: A Guide for All Women Who Didn't -- Or Couldn't -- Have Children

Most people think of childless women as infertile married women. But women whose husbands do not want children, single women, lesbians, infertile women, & disabled women may also never be biological mothers. Here is a pioneering step-by-step program for healing & wholeness. Anton offers women without children an uplifting & practical plan for confronting grief, anger, & guilt; discovering alternative ways to mother ; & enjoying rich, fulfilling lives. Inspiring real-life stories explore grandmothering or aunting the children of others & describe the benefits of a self-help support group & how to form one.