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    ‘Ungovernable’: Featured Nonfiction from Therese Oneill

    by Editor Apr 16, 2019 5 minutes

    In today’s featured nonfiction, we present an excerpt from Therese Oneill’s Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent’s Guide to Raising Flawless Children, out today from Little, Brown.

    Publishers Weekly praised Oneill for keeping “her tongue firmly in cheek for this dark-humored, enlightening look at Victorian-era prescriptions for upper-class childbirth and child rearing.”

    How Do I Prepare My Sacred Vestibule to Best Receive My Husband’s Life-Germ?
    The Ins and Outs of Fruitful Conception

    Q: Do you have any advice if I’m still on the fence about having children?

    Yes. Every moment you remain childless is another beat of your heart echoing down a meaningless eternity. Your time on earth will have been a blip, a glitch, and no trace of you will escape the blankness of death, and when you are gone only the poor estate agent who has to try to rid your home of your stench will mourn your passing.

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