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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
I can't recollect how this ended up on my reading list, but I am glad it did.
A woman faces judgment no matter what she chooses. The author has deftly highlighted the instances where society puts imperceptible pressure on women while men are let off the hook.
A notable example is handling a newborn baby. The onus primarily rests on the mother.
An amazing book on motherhood, and all the ups and downs that come along with it.
A woman faces judgment no matter what she chooses. The author has deftly highlighted the instances where society puts imperceptible pressure on women while men are let off the hook.
A notable example is handling a newborn baby. The onus primarily rests on the mother.
An amazing book on motherhood, and all the ups and downs that come along with it.
This memoir reverberated so deeply within me. In many ways Lang held up a mirror to my relationship with my own mother and how it has changed since I've become a mother in turn. Mother lines are so powerful and layered and deeply embedded in us. Lang writes so movingly about this as well as the role reversal that takes place when life takes its course and the mother must now be mothered. There is so much going on in this book -- it is just so good.
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A really lovely memoir about family and care-taking. It was by turns infuriating and heartbreaking, and I really appreciated Shanbhag Lang giving us this look into this phase of her life.
This was a book club selection and prompted a lot of good discussion, especially about families, trauma, and care-taking.
This was a book club selection and prompted a lot of good discussion, especially about families, trauma, and care-taking.
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Wonderful memoir about the trials and tribulations of motherhood and caring for an aging parent.
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This is a gorgeously written memoir about mothers and daughters. The writing was not only so beautiful but so many things resonated deep within me. Highly recommend for all mothers or daughters.
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"Maybe at our most maternal, we aren’t mothers at all. We’re daughters, reaching back in time for the mothers we wish we’d had and then finding ourselves."