The Best Most Awful Job
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The Best Most Awful Job

Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood

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eBook - ePub

The Best Most Awful Job

Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood

About this book

A raw and honest exploration of modern motherhood, challenging stereotypes and celebrating the diverse experiences of women.

The Best, Most Awful Job brings together twenty brilliant writers who speak candidly about the joys, challenges, and transformations of motherhood. Overturning assumptions and breaking down myths, these essays offer a powerful and relatable perspective on what it means to be a mother today.

  • Discover the diverse realities of motherhood, from single parenting to queer families.
  • Find solace and validation in shared experiences of joy, frustration, and everything in between.
  • Challenge societal expectations and embrace the complexities of being a modern mother.

For readers seeking authentic and relatable stories about motherhood, this collection offers a refreshing and empowering perspective. Edited by Katherine May, author of Wintering, this anthology is a must-read for anyone navigating the messy, beautiful, and often contradictory world of raising children.

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Information

Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781783964871
Subtopic
Literary Essays

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You
  6. On the Shock of a Surprise Pregnancy
  7. Maternal Rage
  8. High on Oxytocin and Tea
  9. By Instinct
  10. A Heartbeat
  11. The Absence
  12. Learning to Be a Mother
  13. Can I Touch Myself, Though?
  14. Brief Exchanges
  15. On Stigma and Stoicism
  16. On Working Out What It All Means
  17. Boys Will Be Whatever
  18. The Psychic
  19. An Honour I Probably Don’t Deserve
  20. The Dishes
  21. Sometimes the Other Way Around
  22. Misfit
  23. Maternal Landscapes
  24. Living with Children
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. Contributor Biographies
  27. Copyright

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