Evelyn McDonnell with family (photo from EvelynMcdonnell.com)

Little Punk Babies

Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids, & Rock 'n' Roll

by Evelyn McDonnell

Da Capo

1 February 2007, 253 pages, $22.00

[25 May 2007]

by Justin Cober-Lake

PopMatters Interviews Editor

As Evelyn McDonnell's new book illustrates, motherhood should be neither something done on the side, nor something that pushes everything else away, and it's that balance that our culture and government can be striving for.
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