Mom Genes: Inside The New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct
Written by Abigail Tucker
Narrated by Samantha Desz
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Everyone knows how babies are made, but scientists are only just beginning to understand the making of a mother. Mom Genes reveals the hard science behind our tenderest maternal impulses, tackling questions such as why mothers are destined to mimic their own moms (or not), how maternal aggression makes females the world’s most formidable creatures, and how a crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic can make or break a mom.
Weaving the latest research with Abigail Tucker’s personal experiences, Mom Genes “is an eye-opening tour through the biology and psychology of a role that is at once utterly ordinary and wondrously strange” (Annie Murphy Paul, author of Origins).
Abigail Tucker
Abigail Tucker’s work has been featured in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World, named a Best Science Book of 2016 by Library Journal and Forbes, now translated into thirteen languages. A correspondent for Smithsonian magazine, she lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband and four (equally amazing) children.
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Reviews for Mom Genes
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very well informed update in this area by a particularly skilled, compassionate, and upbeat author.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This extraordinary book explores surprising new discoveries about the neuroscience of motherhood. It's a book for everyone who is a parent or is considering becoming one. It's also a book for policymakers interested in building better, more productive, more competitive, and more compassionate societies.
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