From Publishers Weekly Fleming， a journalist and contributor to the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour ， describes her unsuccessful attempts to conceive a baby in her late 30s and considers the social upheaval that led so many women of her generation (she is now 44) to postpone childbearing. Arguing that the women's liberation movement in its early years was hostile towards families， she also recalls the childhood experiences that led her and her friends to recoil from "the often strained arrangement of our parents' lives and marriages." These women sought professional success and financial independence previously denied to women， often skirmished with husbands and lovers still unwilling to help out around the house and found the prospect of assuming the responsibility for children overwhelming. When they felt ready to have children， many of these women discovered they had waited too long. While some readers may find Fleming's anguished reaction to high-tech fertility procedures a bit overwrought， most will appreciate her hard-won insights. "I had made my choices， sometimes with fierce deliberation， sometimes inadvertently， and I would live with them，" she writes--a conclusion that will resonate with those who lived through the past quarter-century's painful quest to redefine gender roles. First serial to the New York Times Magazine. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal When journalist Fleming finally felt ready to have a baby at the age of 37， she discovered that she was unable to conceive. Her desire to become pregnant was strong， so she ultimately tried the various fixes modern fertility experts offer. As she pursued this elusive quest， she found herself reviewing the events of her life that had led her to postpone childbearing until it was too late. Each chapter alternates between Fleming's earlier years， which were shaped by the feminist writings of the 1960s， and her later experiences with various medical procedures. Although the author's stream-of-consciousness style does not do justice to her interesting journey， many women will undoubtedly recognize themselves in this book. Recommended for medium to large public libraries.January Adams， ODSI Research Lib.， Raritan， N.J.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews