Cherie Priest, Boneshaker Jo Walton, Lifelode Patricia Briggs, Raven's Shadow and Raven's Strike (whole family on a quest) Tanya Huff, Sing the Four Quarters (pregnancy rather than motherhood, I haven't read the sequels) Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, The Mislaid Magician (book three in the series) Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice (book three in the series, but many of the books have a sub-theme exploring a certain familial relationship)
The question is, do readers and writers want to see more of motherhood? Do readers and writers want to see a change in how motherhood is portrayed, or is the way things are done now the ideal situation?
I agree that motherhood (and family in general) is considered boring and mundane and gets in the way of the exciting bits. (I wonder what percentage of female authors are mothers.) I'm not especially interested in reading about young children, but I would love to see more married couples as protagonists.
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Date: 2010-09-04 08:53 pm (UTC)Cherie Priest, Boneshaker
Jo Walton, Lifelode
Patricia Briggs, Raven's Shadow and Raven's Strike (whole family on a quest)
Tanya Huff, Sing the Four Quarters (pregnancy rather than motherhood, I haven't read the sequels)
Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, The Mislaid Magician (book three in the series)
Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice (book three in the series, but many of the books have a sub-theme exploring a certain familial relationship)
The question is, do readers and writers want to see more of motherhood? Do readers and writers want to see a change in how motherhood is portrayed, or is the way things are done now the ideal situation?
I agree that motherhood (and family in general) is considered boring and mundane and gets in the way of the exciting bits. (I wonder what percentage of female authors are mothers.) I'm not especially interested in reading about young children, but I would love to see more married couples as protagonists.