Download or read book On Our Own written by Melissa Ludtke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-03-31 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ludtke brings the voices of women having children on their own into a public debate from which these voices have been conspicuously absent. Interweaving their voices with her own savvy and intuitive commentary, she has written a vitally important book."—Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice