Cirrus@Austlit

'“[A] woman’s ovaries belong to the commonwealth; she is simply their custodian,” American physician Ely van de Warker wrote in 1906.' (Introduction)

'My father’s love of snorkelling began at a place called Erewhon. Or perhaps it began with a book. It’s more than sixty years ago now, so details can be hard to pin down.' (Introduction)

'In the mid-20th century, Hungarian-born psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim popularised the theory that autism was caused by 'refrigerator mothers': cold, unfeeling parents who pushed their children into an isolated state.' (Introduction)