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A review by binnurdolunay
Motherhood by Sheila Heti
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This book reflects the moody swings between sadness, depression, insecurity and joy and sense of belonging.
It reads as a diary and doesn’t follow a plot. The entries meanders between a deep questioning of the meaning of one’s life and some retellings of everyday moments.
Some of the diary entries seem random, but that too had its place in the book as life has its randomness too.
What Heti has perfectly done in this book is to show just how our family histories live in us and how trauma from past generations can be at the centre of a questioning of motherhood.
It reads as a diary and doesn’t follow a plot. The entries meanders between a deep questioning of the meaning of one’s life and some retellings of everyday moments.
Some of the diary entries seem random, but that too had its place in the book as life has its randomness too.
What Heti has perfectly done in this book is to show just how our family histories live in us and how trauma from past generations can be at the centre of a questioning of motherhood.