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Motherhood by Sheila Heti
5.0

Was skeptical about this book club selection (just because as a 35 year old childless lady, I already feel saturated with related musings) and then ended up enjoying it immensely.

It is cathartic to have someone put your thoughts + emotions into words a thousand times more skillfully than you ever could. This took extra time to read because I had to stop and write down so many segments that I found moving/identifiable.

I would put this in the extraordinarily small pool of books I might label as life-changing; I feel absolved of fretting over whether to have children now. Sheila Heti has done it for me.

The only segments I found slightly less engaging were the dream bits; it's hard to muster interest in real human loved ones' dreams, let alone a fictional narrator.