Almond, Barbara. <br/><br/>
The monster within :  the hidden side of motherhood / 
Barbara Almond. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2010. 
 - xxvi, 265 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index. 
<br/><br/>The ubiquity of maternal ambivalence -- Motherlove: the power of maternal desire -- The subtle ambivalence of the too-good mother -- "Before the beginning": women's fears of monstrous births -- Women's reproductive fears: more clinical examples -- Rachel's story: internalized ambivalence and the dangers of hidden guilt -- Whose fault is it? The externalization of ambivalence -- When fears are realized -- From the child's point of view -- Vampyric mothering: from stage moms to invasive moms -- The darkest side of motherhood: child murder -- What happens later: the fate of maternal ambivalence -- What's a mother to do? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520267138 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010020836 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motherhood--Psychological aspects.<br/>Mother and child--Psychological aspects.<br/>Love, Maternal--Psychological aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ759  / .A436 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.874/3