The motherhood affidavits : a memoir
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New York : The Experiment, [2018].
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Published
New York : The Experiment, [2018].
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Book
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276 pages ; 22 cm
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English

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"With the birth of her first child, soon-to-be professor Laura Jean Baker finds herself electrified by oxytocin, the "love hormone"-the first effective antidote to her lifelong depression. Over the next eight years, her "oxy" cravings, and her family, only grow-to the dismay of her husband, Ryan, a freelance public defender. As her reckless baby-making threatens her family's middle-class existence, Baker identifies more and more with Ryan's legal clients, often drug-addled fellow citizens of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Is she any less desperate for her next fix? Baker is in an impossible bind: The same drive that sustains her endangers her family; the cure is also the disease. She explores this all-too-human paradox by threading her story through those of her local counterparts who've run afoul of the law-like Rob McNally, the lovable junkie who keeps resurfacing in Ryan's life. As Baker vividly reports on their alleged crimes-theft, kidnapping, opioid abuse, and even murder-she unerringly conjures tenderness for the accused, yet increasingly questions her own innocence. Baker's ruthless self-interrogation makes this her personal affidavit-her sworn statement, made for public record if not a court of law. With a wrenching ending that compels us to ask whether Baker has fallen from maternal grace, this is an extraordinary addition to the literature of motherhood."--Jacket flap.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Baker, L. J. (2018). The motherhood affidavits: a memoir . The Experiment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baker, Laura Jean. 2018. The Motherhood Affidavits: A Memoir. The Experiment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baker, Laura Jean. The Motherhood Affidavits: A Memoir The Experiment, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Baker, Laura Jean. The Motherhood Affidavits: A Memoir The Experiment, 2018.

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