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Like many first-time mothers, Rebecca Stone finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at the hospital who offers her any real help—Priscilla Johnson—and begs her to come home with them as her son’s nanny.
Priscilla’s presence quickly does as much to shake up Rebecca’s perception of the world as it does to stabilize her life. Rebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby.
Solid 3 stars on this one. I am on the fence.
Mixed feelings on this one. I really want to love this. Beautifully written but ..bland on everything else. Though I deeply relate and connect with all the motherhood stories & struggle but finding the main character lacks depth and the plot went stagnant nearing the end.
Props to the writing, honestly the only one motivates me to finish it.
Priscilla’s presence quickly does as much to shake up Rebecca’s perception of the world as it does to stabilize her life. Rebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby.
Solid 3 stars on this one. I am on the fence.
Mixed feelings on this one. I really want to love this. Beautifully written but ..bland on everything else. Though I deeply relate and connect with all the motherhood stories & struggle but finding the main character lacks depth and the plot went stagnant nearing the end.
Props to the writing, honestly the only one motivates me to finish it.
Can't believe I'm gonna say this but the Netflix series is better than the actual book?
