A review by emilyinherhead
Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

As with Mary Laura Philpott’s previous release, I Miss You When I Blink, I felt an almost immediate sense of connection and kinship when I started reading. This one is much more focused on motherhood, but it still felt accessible and relatable to me, a non-mom. Philpott’s brain is just so similar to mine, anxious and sad and also deeply joyful all at once. 

I try to explain that I am obsessed with death because I am in love with life. I grieve in advance of loss—losses that will definitely happen, along with some that may not—because I recognize that what I have is so good. I don't mean to muck up the beauty of now with my tears about later, but I can't help it.

I'm sad because I'm so happy. See?

Reading her writing makes me feel seen, understood, and a lot less alone.