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vjam's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
bugsybugs's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
The feelings of this intense and personal book show motherhood in a way I haven't seen it expressed before. The writing is so evocative and capturing. I read this book in a blur of two and a half hours, but it feels like I lived Clover's life for a short time. Exceptional, and truly enlightening for someone with no children who is considering if children are in their future or not. I recommend it just for the writing alone.
mcnorton4's review
5.0
Wow. Not my usual sort of thing but compelling and beautifully written. I didn't recognise everything but a lot resonated.
fa1th's review
5.0
The only reason why I did not finish this in one sitting was due to the fact that I was being the very mother that seeps from the pages of this book. Stroud has hit the nail on the head in describing what life can be like with children, and the quiet struggles we have to swallow as a mother, for the sake of keeping the train moving.
I felt so uncomfortable reading this because it resonated with me so much. I felt guilty for the same things Stroud felt guilty for, including her relationship with her teenage son despite the fact that I do not have one! There is so much precedent set when you become a parent and although we try not to, we do adhere to the social norms and suffer in silence. We all go through the motions, but we don't talk about them. Why?
A bit of a timely read for me and it has renewed my sense of worth as not only a mother, but as a woman. It reminded me that they are two separate parts of me - and that is OK.
I felt so uncomfortable reading this because it resonated with me so much. I felt guilty for the same things Stroud felt guilty for, including her relationship with her teenage son despite the fact that I do not have one! There is so much precedent set when you become a parent and although we try not to, we do adhere to the social norms and suffer in silence. We all go through the motions, but we don't talk about them. Why?
A bit of a timely read for me and it has renewed my sense of worth as not only a mother, but as a woman. It reminded me that they are two separate parts of me - and that is OK.