Critical Praise

“In Amy Richards's insightful Opting In, knotty twentieth-century feminist debates about family, sex, and motherhood are reexamined through sharp twenty-first-century eyes. This informative book is always reasonable, readable, and refreshingly open-minded.”

——Alix Kates Shulman, author of In Every Woman’s Life...

“A movingly written book, Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself beautifully dissects the feminist relationship to motherhood, creating a framework for modern career women to embrace motherhood while maintaining their aspirations and ambitions.”

——Sylvia Ann Hewlett, author of Creating a Life: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Having a Baby and a Career

“Amy Richards is the smartest person I know.”

——Gloria Steinem