In Her Own Sweet Time

by Lehmann-Haupt, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9780465009190
• ISBN10: 0465009190
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-11
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

Faced with the pressure of finding true love on the edge of her fertility, Lehmann-Haupt traveled around the world and into the heart of America to explore the many new choices available to women in the 21st century, as well as to grapple with her own anxieties about motherhood.

Author Biography

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt is Executive Editor of Plum magazine. Her writing appears regularly in the New York Times Magazine, New York, Vogue, O, Self, Glamour, Outside, Wired, and US News and World Report, among other magazines. She lives in Manhattan.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. xi
Introduction: Starting Later	p. 1
Feathering the Nest	p. 1
Buying Time	p. 17
Shopping for Mr. Goodsperm	p. 67
Friends and Fatherhood	p. 97
The Sweetness of Doing Nothing	p. 125
Adventurous SWF Seeks Hottie	p. 143
The Instant Family	p. 159
Talking Past the Elephant	p. 175
Letting Go	p. 195
Gelato, Science, and a Crystal Ball	p. 219
Freezing Time	p. 243
The Egg Donor Economy	p. 271
Epilogue: Summer	p. 295
Acknowledgments	p. 305
Notes	p. 307
Index	p. 317
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