A review by nagam
What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi

4.0

Oh, man. What a book to read as a parent. A book that made me think about how HARD parenthood is, but also how hard it must be to do it alone. And to do it when your heart is just hurting and aching from loss, when it just so completely halts your life's plans and everything changes so, so drastically. I can't even imagine. My parental journey just looked so different (infertility, struggle), but my mom had me at 19 so I really thought so much about her. I never met my biological dad either so that I connected with pretty deeply too. There's so much goodness here, so much food for thought.

I cried, I cringed, and I rooted for Ryden. You want it all to work out for him, but then there's #reality. Definitely give this a read. It'll make you think and ache and FEEL.