How to Be Childless

In <em>How to Be Childless: A History and Philosophy of Life Without Children</em> Rachel Chrastil explores the long and fascinating history of childlessness putting this often-overlooked legacy in conversation with the issues that childless women and men face in the twenty-first century. Eschewing two dominant narratives that the childless are either barren and alone or that they are carefree and selfish <em>How to Be Childless</em> instead argues that the lives of childless individuals from the past can help all of us expand our range of possibilities for the good life. <p/>In uncovering the voices and experiences of childless women from the past five hundred years Chrastil demonstrates that the pathways to childlessness so often simplified as choice and circumstance are far more complex and interweaving. Balanced deeply researched and richly realized <em>How to be Childless</em> will empower readers parents and childless alike to navigate their lives with purpose.<br>