{"product_id":"unmaking-mary","title":"Unmaking Mary","description":"“Astute, smart, witty and brave. A radical, deeply thoughtful and essential intervention”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eMatrescence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A deeply valuable reflection on motherhood”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRowan Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For two thousand years, the Virgin Mary has been depicted throughout art, literature and culture as symbolising the perfect mother: chaste, beautiful, meek, mild and white. These supposed virtues and symbols have penetrated not just Christianity but wider popular culture; and contributed to harmful views about motherhood and what it is to be a woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this part-memoir, part social and theological commentary, Chine McDonald deconstructs the myth of perfect motherhood and shines a light on the dark side of parenting. From birth trauma to post-natal depression, from infertility to the mental load, the motherhood penalty and pressures on women to be and have it all - especially in the church - this book attempts to liberate motherhood from the chains in which it has been placed, reconstructing a more authentic, grace-filled way forward for the most important job in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnmaking Mary \u003c\/i\u003ewill include a foreword written by Beth Allison Barr, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Biblical Womanhood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57194974937470,"sku":"NW9781399814638","price":15.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399814638.jpg?v=1778541184","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/unmaking-mary","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}