A review by librarylady10
Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years by Catherine Newman

5.0

I loved this collection of essays by Catherine Newman. They center on the growing up of her children Ben and Birdy and the inexplicable (to non-parents) intertwined-ness of joy and sadness that comes with raising children. I cried like a baby many times and then needed to restrain myself from going in to look at my babies as they slept.