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Motherhood | Helen Simpson
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Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. Here is a land where men and women, once carefree and engrossed in work and sex, now try to solve age-old arguments and search fruitlessly for another hour in the day. Perhaps you know this land well, or perhaps you're entering it for the first time - either way, you need these honest, sharply funny, humane stories from an expert guide. Selected from Helen Simpson's short story collections Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Language by Xiaolu Guo Fatherhood by Karl Ove Knausgaard Eating by Nigella Lawson Drinking by John Cheever
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Cinfhen
Motherhood | Helen Simpson
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Mehso-so

Today seemed like the perfect day to curl up with this Vintage Mini 💕 ( it was also a sweet gift from my #LitsyDaughter) In under 100 pages Helen Simpson is able to convey the beautiful, messy, exhausting daily joys and misery that encompass Motherhood. I related to Zoe ~ mother of 3 who is secretly dreading the day when her youngest no longer “needs” his mom, so she relishes the chore of driving her son, or acting as his personal assistant👇🏼

Cinfhen It‘s about creating moments and memories, which I believe is a gift & privilege. My so-so rating is because the author makes Motherhood sound like a punishment ☹️ 6y
AmyG Happy Mother‘s Day to you. 💐💐💐 6y
Cinfhen Thanks @AmyG special wishes for you as well ❣️ 6y
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saresmoore I suppose I‘m still in the thick of it, but motherhood certainly feels like a punishment some (most) days. Ha! Much love to you on this Mother‘s Day, my wise & wonderful friend! 6y
Reviewsbylola Happy Mother‘s Day Cindy! ♥️♥️♥️💐💐 6y
batsy Happy Mother's Day 🌹 6y
Cinfhen Thanks so much @saresmoore @Reviewsbylola and much love to both of you😘😘😘and my only advise Savor these days, they grow so fast 😩 6y
MicheleinPhilly This made me smile so much. I‘m the youngest of 3 and my mom still introduces me to people as “the baby” (I‘m 40.) I broke a washing machine in my dorm when I went to college because I had no idea what I was doing. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6y
Cinfhen Thanks, @batsy 💕 6y
Cinfhen Haha!!! I totally get that!!! You‘ll always be the baby @MicheleinPhilly NO MATTER WHAT!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
Kalalalatja Happy mother‘s day #Litsymom! Hope your kids are extra sweet to you today 💕💕 6y
TrishB ❤️ it can be hard work, but worth it. My son is moving out in the summer and I‘m dreading it but excited for him. Have a good day 💕 6y
Cinfhen Oh @TrishB I feel your pain 😞my son is on a class trip and my older two are in the states @Kalalalatja so I‘m kind of all alone 😭😭😭😭thank God for my Litsy family 😘😘😘you guys are making this day bearable 6y
RohitSawant Happy Mother's Day! 💕 6y
Cinfhen Thanks @rohit-sawant ❣️❣️❣️ 6y
DebinHawaii Happy Mother's Day to you my friend. ❤️🌺🤗 6y
asiriusreader happy Mother‘s Day! 6y
Cinfhen Thanks, Deb kisses to Max @DebinHawaii and thank you so much @asiriusreader hope you‘re both having a lovely day 💜💜💜 6y
LeahBergen Happy Mother‘s Day, darlin‘! 😘😘 6y
mrp27 Happy Mother's Day!! 🌷 6y
Cinfhen Thank you 🧡🧡much appreciated @mrp27 @LeahBergen Hope you‘re both doing well xx (edited) 6y
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IamIamIam
Motherhood | Helen Simpson
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Happy Mother's Day!!! 😚😚😚

JoScho 😂😂😂😂 6y
IamIamIam @JoScho 😉😚 6y
Reviewsbylola 😂🙌🏻😂🙌🏻 6y
Purrfectpages Love this 6y
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Cinfhen
Motherhood | Helen Simpson
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OMG! You are the sweetest @Kalalalatja 💕💕your lovely card and most caring package brought real tears to my eyes! Please tell your mom that your #LitsyMom wants her to know she should be so proud of the kind, compassionate intelligent young woman you are! I'm so excited for the books you gifted to me. Warmest wishes for the happiest of New Years!! #somuchlove #thankyou #LittensAreTheBest

BarbaraBB 💜 6y
emilyhaldi Lovely! 💗 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So sweet!!! 💞 6y
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erzascarletbookgasm So lovely! 6y
Cathythoughts Ah ! This is so lovely in every way 💫💕 6y
Kalalalatja And now I'm blushing ☺️☺️ I'm so glad it got to you safely, and that you like it 💕 6y
Cinfhen LOVE IT 💓💓💓your sweet words meant everything @Kalalalatja and can‘t wait to read both books!!! Need to work them into challenges 😉 6y
UglyOldBat Aw lovely 6y
Kalalalatja Haha, I will let you know if I think of any prompts they might fit 😉😘 6y
Kalalalatja Also, those words are well deserved and very true! 💕 6y
RohitSawant How lovely! 💕 6y
LeahBergen 💕💕💕💕💕 6y
TrishB Lovely 💕💜 6y
minkyb Love❣️ 6y
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