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๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ: ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ
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Thank you @scribnerbooks for a gifted copy.
Thank you @simon.audio and @librofm for the gifted audiobook.
This is the most honest, raw, nerve-shattering, relatable and humbling narrative Iโve read on motherhood.
Told in first person by Sailorโs mom, she speaks as if telling all this to her son. It quickly becomes apparent that although she absolutely loves her little baby, parenting overwhelms her.
She is exhausted, lonely, and frustrated, and it doesnโt help that her husband is too focused on his โworkโ or just too uncaring to recognize that she needs a breakโshe needs his support.
The narrative covers day-to-day events, such as meal times and going to the park, a bump on the head, and a disastrous family trip to IKEA for a toddler bed. Although it may sound too mundane, I was completely and utterly sucked into this womanโs cry for help. Slowly, her marriage suffers, and she must decide whatโs best for her and her son.
Being a mom, I remember some of those days when the exhaustion was bone-deep. When I felt like I was losing myself, and frankly, others made me feel that way too.
This was not an easy book to read. No one but a mother would understand the emotions at play here – how can you love your child so much yet hate your life at the same time? Itโs a paradox. And Claire Kilroy has captured it here, with tenderness and heart.
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ?
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