“The birth dearth is the most important story of our time…Pakaluk opens the readers' minds and hearts to the birth dearth’s real causes” — Tim Carney, American Enterprise Institute
The social scientist Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, herself the mother of eight, traveled across the United States and interviewed fifty-five college-educated women who were raising five or more children. Through open-ended questions, she sought to understand who these women are, why and when they chose to have a large family, and what this choice means for them, their families, and the nation.