A review by kaylin_vandy
Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin

4.0

This book tackled a topic which is taboo in most circles. It often seems that women are expected to become mothers and to enjoy the act of motherhood. The varying perspectives in this book portrayed three women whose own experiences with being mothers left them unhappy for completely different reasons. The pendulum swings from abandonment to overprotectiveness and back again. In the end though, despite the extreme contrast in their actions and outlooks, all three women were facing the same toxicity. This book questions what it is to be a mother and defies the myth of the suburban dream.

There are far too many questions this book brings up than can be answered in only 300 pages. I was left unsure by the conclusion, wondering as Grace does if the pendulum can be stopped “dead in its tracks.”