Custody
the secret history of mothers
$31.99
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2026
Summary
Custody: A History of Mothers, Children, and the Battle for Care
Custody is the first book for general readers on the history of child custody, an issue that affects so many lives and a question that seems fundamental to our experience and understanding of family.
It is also an issue that has played a central, at times troubling role in the history of feminism. Lara Feigel’s book probes the relationship between emancipation and care via a range of fascinating (and a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008655464 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008655464 |
| Author: | Lara Feigel |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 21mm |
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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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