"This is a wonderful book. Sharp, funny and theologically rich on both Mary and motherhood – constructive theology at its best."

Janet Soskice, Research Professor of Catholic Theology, Duke Divinity School

"In Unmaking Mary, Chine McDonald draws on an impressive range of sources – from theology to social media posts, and from literature to her own personal experiences – to deeply challenge oppressive archetypes and to recover more liberatory models of motherhood. Sweeping in its intellectual range, light in its touch, and discerning in its distinctions, this is a wise and illuminating book."

Jennifer Banks, Senior Executive Editor at Yale University Press and author of Natality: Towards a Philosophy of Birth

"With an honesty as painful as it is rare, Unmaking Mary is a book that will remain with you long after its close. A rigorous examination of motherhood and the ways our icons form us; and a site of truth-telling for those who have, for too long, mirrored postures never meant for us. My only fear is that the foolish among us will mistake it as a book only of interest to women. It is vital reading for all who were once born."

Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh