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Great expectation : a father's diary / Dan Roche
- Author
- Roche, Daniel, 1958-
- Published
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2008]
- Copyright Date
- ©2008
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (147 pages).
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- Series
- Contents
- June 1 (diary begins); Sightline series list.
- Summary
- With five years of parenting his irrepressible daughter Maeve under his belt, Dan Roche, already forty-five years old, and his wife, Maura, face the prospect of another arrival and the myriad of emotions that come with a second child. From revelling in the joys of pregnancy such as Maura's delight at "having cleavage" and being able to eat whatever she desires; to assuaging the parental anxieties of choosing the right obstetrician, correcting the mistakes one made with the first child, and sending children to college in the future; to navigating the unforeseen, experiencing the unexpected dea
- Subject(s)
- Roche, Daniel, 1958-
- Fathers—United States—Diaries
- Fatherhood
- Pregnancy—Popular works
- Infants—Care
- Father and infant
- Infant Care
- Pères—États-Unis—Journaux intimes
- Paternité
- Nourrissons—Soins
- Père et nourrisson
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY—Social Scientists & Psychologists
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS—Parenting—Fatherhood
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY—Personal Memoirs
- Fathers
- Pregnancy
- United States
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781587297564 (electronic bk.)
1587297566 (electronic bk.)
9781587296611 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1587296616 (cloth ; alk. paper) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
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