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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Listened to this one this month, as I am 5 months postpartum. This book healed me, one snort-laugh after the other.
Not everything she says about her experience (an extremely privileged and resourced mother later in life) was relatable but the emotions behind her experience were what made this book healing. Grateful to feel so seen and in company of another lonely mother trying to figure this out.
Not everything she says about her experience (an extremely privileged and resourced mother later in life) was relatable but the emotions behind her experience were what made this book healing. Grateful to feel so seen and in company of another lonely mother trying to figure this out.
Excuse me while I make this book my entire personality. I loved it so much, I laughed out loud every chapter and there were plenty of touching parts as well. The perfect thing to listen to on maternity leave, but especially relatable if you have kids under the age of five, or remember what it’s like to have kids under the age of five.
Perfect for someone who knows she is going to have issues adjusting to motherhood, regardless of how much I am going to love this little human.
I feel this book so deeply. Like, I now want to hang out with Jessi and drink wine and talk about how motherhood sucks, the world sucks for not valuing mothers work, and also how much we love our kids.
Relatable in only the most obvious of ways which is to say it’s made up of lots of … revelations? For lack of a better word that I’ve thought myself and heard from my friends with kids but nothing that pushed me to think or see motherhood any differently. Many people complained in reviews about her being privileged but that was one of the most fascinating parts for me (a night nurse?! Sign me up).
Some parts are much more relatable than others and I think I would have enjoyed this more in my earlier years as a mother. Can’t be mad at her for being privileged as so many of these reviews are—it’s her lived experience—at least she recognizes it.