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Custody: The Secret History of Mothers

by Lara Feigel

HarperCollins UK2026ISBN 9780008655471

3 of 3 critics positive

3 reviews: 3 positives

What the critics said

Positive
“why women still have to fight for their children”

Custody: The Secret History of Mothers by Lara Feigel – why women still have to fight for their children | History books

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Positive
“shows that mothers are still held to impossible standards”

The women who fought for justice over child custody

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Positive
“The horror of child custody battles”

The horror of child custody battles — from Edna O’Brien to Alice Walker

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