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The Mother Zone
Book by Marni Jackson
- GenresNonfictionParenting
288 pages, Paperback
First published September 24, 1992
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About the author
Marni Jackson
10 books15 followersA Toronto writer who has won numerous National Magazine Awards for her features, humour and social commentary, Marni Jackson is the author of three nonfiction books: “The Mother Zone”; “Pain: The Science and Culture of Why We Hurt” and “Home Free: The Myth of the Empty Nest”. The bestselling “Mother Zone” was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award, and her book on the nature of pain was a finalist for The Writers’ Trust Pearson Nonfiction Prize.
Marni’s stories have appeared in The Walrus, Brick, Eighteen Bridges, Toronto Life, Explore, Saturday Night, Outside, Rolling Stone, The London Times, Utne Reader, and others. Formerly the book/publishing columnist for Globe & Mail and a senior editor at The Walrus. Longtime association with the Banff Centre, where she served as Rogers Chair of the Literary Journalism program, and is on the faculty of the Mountain and Wilderness Writing Program. Creative writing instructor at Ryerson, Banff and U. of Guelph/Humber College. She is a member of the Al Purdy A Frame Association, which is restoring the poet’s Prince Edward County A Frame as a writer’s retreat.
Marni’s stories have appeared in The Walrus, Brick, Eighteen Bridges, Toronto Life, Explore, Saturday Night, Outside, Rolling Stone, The London Times, Utne Reader, and others. Formerly the book/publishing columnist for Globe & Mail and a senior editor at The Walrus. Longtime association with the Banff Centre, where she served as Rogers Chair of the Literary Journalism program, and is on the faculty of the Mountain and Wilderness Writing Program. Creative writing instructor at Ryerson, Banff and U. of Guelph/Humber College. She is a member of the Al Purdy A Frame Association, which is restoring the poet’s Prince Edward County A Frame as a writer’s retreat.
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March 6, 2022
This is a book that I needed as a new(ish) mother and I loved it. I still do, as it takes me back to the moments when mothering was so fresh and raw, and reminds me how lucky I am. Marnie Jackson hits all the right marks; it is funny, profound, smart and touching. It is a book that I give to many new(ish) mothers.
December 13, 2009
Great book--the best book about the experience of mothering my wife has come across. She made me read it--and I'm very glad she did. It is well written, full of honesty and insights, and gave me a new understanding of what mothers go through.
February 5, 2010
Thoughtful, honest memoir about motherhood
August 24, 2015
honest and well told.
March 23, 2015
"It is easy, so easy, to drown in family, inch by cozy inch." p.237.
This book threw me a rope when I needed it most.
This book threw me a rope when I needed it most.
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