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Back of cover (for two-sided printing) MOTHERING DENIED How our culture harms women, infants, and society Dr Peter Cook MB, ChB, MRCPsych, FRANZCP, DCH Foreword by Steve Biddulph First published in 2008 by Peter S. Cook 62 Greycliffe Street, (Sydney), Australia, 2096 www.members.optusnet.com.au/pcook62 Copyright © 2008, Peter S. Cook. All rights reserved. Last updated December 5, 2008 ISBN 978-0-646-50366-0 Distribution Permission Statement 1. This book may be updated, as on the website of the copyright owner or his heirs, currently www.members.optusnet.com.au/pcook62. The text may be reproduced, forwarded, and/or distributed in electronic form in full, or in part, and multiple copies may be made for educational or other purposes, provided that the author’s copyright is reproduced, with the date of the version being used. 2. The book may be not be published in printed form, or in any edited form, whether for profit or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the author or his heirs. Cartoon: Thoughts of a baby lying in a child care centre, © 1995 by Michael Leunig, used with permission. (p. vi) What Peter Cook has to say in this most thoughtful volume will not prove widely popular and certainly not politically correct. But that is not to say that he is mistaken or even misguided. Unlike many, Peter Cook acknowledges, even heralds, evidence that underscores the fact that for many infants and women life does not provide what they want—and perhaps even what nature planned for them. Not all will agree with Peter Cook’s analysis, but that is not a reason to ignore it.
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