Speaking of good books, (see Kathleen's comments on "The Giver" by Loius Lowry), I recently read Marni Jackson's "The Mother Zone." (c. 1992) I got the name from a recommendation in "Milk, Money and Madness" by Naomi Baumschlag and Dia Michels, another fine book. "The Mother Zone" struck me as a very perceptive view of many aspects of being a working wife and mother, trying to balance all the conflicting pulls on time and emotions. The author, who lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and son, goes from following her boy friend and his rock band around, through her strong desire to have a child, pregnancy, nursing, stages of a child's growth, parenting a child with asthma, searching for child care, good times and bad. She tells her story with pathos and wit, and it really rings true. Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC and LLL Leader in Madison, WI