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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Lots of lols and full of cautionary yet hopeful stories about motherhood/parenthood. Always love a good Jessi Klein essay and this was a great follow up to her first book!
I liked how the essays progressed in an similar heroes journey fashion that she brought up in the beginning of the book. The essays I related the most to with myth motherhood journey were the Teddy Ruxpin and Bad News ones. However, besides the beginning and ending essays, the rest kind of came across as complain-y and privileged which was a tad disappointing.
If I had known that Jessi had a daytime nanny and a night nurse, I probably wouldn’t have read this book. She really strives to be the voice of all moms but she isn’t living in the trenches like the rest of us. The writing was really well done, but the voice was off. We get it, you’re privileged.
3.5 stars
Thought she focused too much on very normal 'mom' stuff that I have read already in multiple places. Not as funny as I expected based on her last book.
Thought she focused too much on very normal 'mom' stuff that I have read already in multiple places. Not as funny as I expected based on her last book.
reflective
fast-paced
This book seems to be polarizing, to say the least. Certainly there’s privilege and some complaining. It’s a book written by an upper middle class white lady about her experience - if that’s not your jam, that’s fine. I felt she did a great job highlighting the ambivalence many of us feel about raising young children - and then the angst we feel about acknowledging that ambivalence. It’s funny, it’s honest, and there’s a lot of heart here. I found this a great summer read - light, relevant (in many ways) to my own experience, and funny.
Oof I saw a lot of myself in this book which made me feel so much less alone and feel more understood than I’ve felt in awhile. Very grateful this book exists. I also believe this would make an excellent gift for new moms.
I so enjoyed moments in this book as Jessi captures the emotional and physical transition into motherhood with humor and reverence. I was surprised to find myself tearing up at the essay Mom Clothes, finding that Jessi had hit a nerve of the identities we shed and those we take on through our clothes. I also really loved the Little Books essay, and the way it reflected on how we as parents deal with the sometimes crushingly terrifying unknown while simultaneously preparing our kids to do the same.
I have read a lot of reflections on parenting, and have never read anything about female hair loss, and I cried a lot. Are you a parent? Or are you a woman? Read this.