What a young wife ought to know /
In an unflinching look at love, sex and fertility, and inspired by real stories of mothers during the Canadian birth control movement of the early twentieth century, one of Canada's most celebrated playwrights vividly recreates a couple's struggles with reproduction. It's Ottawa in th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Playwrights Canada Press,
[2019].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In an unflinching look at love, sex and fertility, and inspired by real stories of mothers during the Canadian birth control movement of the early twentieth century, one of Canada's most celebrated playwrights vividly recreates a couple's struggles with reproduction. It's Ottawa in the 1920s, before birth control is legalized. Sophie, a young working-class girl, falls madly in love with her sister's suitor, and eventually marries, a stablehand named Jonny. After two difficult childbirths, doctors tell Sophie she shouldn't have any more children, but don't tell her how to prevent it. When Sophie inevitably becomes pregnant again, she faces a grim dilemma. |
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| Physical Description: | 72 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781770919860 1770919864 |