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A review by britlovestoread
What We Carry by Maya Shanbhag Lang
5.0
This is a book I needed that I had no idea I needed until I picked it up and I am literally a puddle on the floor after finishing this.
"Maybe at our most maternal, we aren’t mothers at all. We’re daughters, reaching back in time for the mothers we wish we’d had and then finding ourselves."
That quote literally shakes me to my core because, I mean, wow.
Following Maya's journey learning hard truths about her mother and learning how to care for her as her dementia worsened, it was captivating. And her analysis on women, especially as mothers, and all that we carry- how we are constantly expected to sacrifice ourselves over and over again- it was dead on. The weight is so heavy.. Maya learning how to balance that weight, or at least how to *try* and balance that weight, and ultimately choosing herself more frequently was so encouraging. Such a beautiful story.
"Maybe at our most maternal, we aren’t mothers at all. We’re daughters, reaching back in time for the mothers we wish we’d had and then finding ourselves."
That quote literally shakes me to my core because, I mean, wow.
Following Maya's journey learning hard truths about her mother and learning how to care for her as her dementia worsened, it was captivating. And her analysis on women, especially as mothers, and all that we carry- how we are constantly expected to sacrifice ourselves over and over again- it was dead on. The weight is so heavy.. Maya learning how to balance that weight, or at least how to *try* and balance that weight, and ultimately choosing herself more frequently was so encouraging. Such a beautiful story.