Custody
the secret history of mothers
$67.15
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2026
Summary
Custody: A History of Mothers, Power, and the Fight for Their Children
Custody unveils the untold history of child custody, a universal issue deeply intertwined with our understanding of family. This book explores the complex and often troubling role custody battles have played in the history of feminism.
Lara Feigel delves into the relationship between emancipation and care through captivating and heart-wrenching custody cases from 1800 to the present day.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008655457 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008655456 |
| Author: | Lara Feigel |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 159mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Lara Feifel:
‘Her intensity and intimacy are engaging’ Blake Morrison, Guardian
‘Feigel does a thorough and virtuosic job of describing the dilemmas of contemporary middle-class women’ Rachel Cusk
‘A fascinating mix of literary criticism, cultural history and memoir … Highly enjoyable’ Sunday Times
About The Author
Lara Feigel
Lara Feigel is the author of four highly acclaimed works of cultural history and a novel. Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at King’s College London and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she reviews regularly for the Guardian and contributes to a range of BBC radio programmes. Most recently, Feigel appeared as a lead contributor in the landmark BBC 1 cultural history of the interwar years, Art that Made Us; in 2023 she will be writing and presenting a programme about Doris Lessing for the Radio 4 prestigious Archive Hour slot.
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