pickThis one was a slow start for me because I don't have children. Or want them. But it's really well written even if I struggled to relate at the beginning.
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pickThis one was a slow start for me because I don't have children. Or want them. But it's really well written even if I struggled to relate at the beginning.
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
pickNot that it will happen, but every soon-to-be father should be required to read sections of this book. A woman explains what her life has become once she has become a mother. Her husband is busy at work and he abdicates all responsibility for the child. The exhaustion, anger, disappointment, loneliness, desperate love and raging anger toward a young child, all of it was perfectly described.
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pick5/5 🌟
Beautiful. Funny. Raw. Honest. Primal. Angry. Moving. This book evoked a whirlwind of emotions. It's a powerful and candid account of a first-time mum's journey, exploring her immense love for her child alongside the struggles of motherhood and the loss of self that often accompanies it.
It doesn't sugarcoat the realities of being a parent, and for that, it feels deeply relatable. An amazing book!
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A great reading month, but Claire Kilroy's Soldier Sailor (with a fantastic audio narration by Simone Collins) wins out.
"You thought wolves were extinct in this land? I thought so, too. The sea is not glittering, and the mothers are not serene, and the wolves were never more alive than they are tonight. They are volatile, they are vengeful, and you have summoned them to your door."
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bailedI can see the value in this book, but at 25% I was still not connecting and decided to give up.
