It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters

For 7 years I was a mom to boys. I knew Hot Wheels, monster trucks and mud puddles. My world was all boy centered. It was in fall of 2000 as my perinatologist was giving me a routine ultrasound that I heard those words for the first time. "It's a girl." What?! I knew nothing about girls. Nothing! Girls were all pink, prissy and princess. I had no clue what I was getting into. Until I held her for the first time and knew that I was always destined to have this little girl. Which is why when I received a copy of Andrea Buchanan's It's a Girl : Women Writers on Raising Daughters, I was eager to read it up. What did these women have to say about having daughters? I decided to keep the car in my book the book in my car to read during soccer practices and carpool lines. Before I knew it, I had to bring it inside because I wanted to read more or reread something that had particularly touched me. It became a fixture on my nightstand table. (And is not quite dog-eared.)