Mother: A Collective Portrait is a powerful documentary photography book and oral history exploring the truth of American motherhood. Through intimate portraits and interviews, Mary Motley Kalergis shares real experiences of women balancing love, loss, fertility, and identity.Originally published in 1987 and now part of the Building a Family series, this edition stands as a collective biography of a mother-and of generations of mothers. Blending photojournalism, feminist photography, and personal storytelling, Mother honors the importance of moms and celebrates the courage found in every mother's story.A timeless resource for readers of true motherhood stories, infertility books for women, and documentary photography, Mother reveals what it truly means to live a mother's life with honesty and grace.