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💔 Maternal Ambivalence

Honest, often unsettling explorations of the contradictions of motherhood — the coexistence of fierce love and resentment, devotion and the desire to flee. These books refuse to simplify what society insists should be instinctive.
What No One Tells You
by Alexandra Sacks • 2019
New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.
4.00
1k+
🍼 New Motherhood🧠 Maternal Mental Health👍 Good Enough Parenting
What No One Tells You Summary
What No One Tells You 90%
New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.
by Alexandra Sacks 2019
4.00
1k+ ratings
🍼 New Motherhood🧠 Maternal Mental Health👍 Good Enough Parenting
Screaming on the Inside
by Jessica Grose • 2022
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
3.47
5k+
🧩 Modern Motherhood📱 Momfluencer Culture💼 Motherhood Penalty
Screaming on the Inside Summary
Screaming on the Inside 90%
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
by Jessica Grose 2022
3.47
5k+ ratings
🧩 Modern Motherhood📱 Momfluencer Culture💼 Motherhood Penalty
The Birth Of A Mother
by Daniel N. Stern • 1998
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
3.83
426
👤 Maternal Identity🍼 Postpartum Psychology🔗 Attachment Theory
The Birth Of A Mother Summary
The Birth Of A Mother 89%
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
by Daniel N. Stern 1998
3.83
426 ratings
👤 Maternal Identity🍼 Postpartum Psychology🔗 Attachment Theory
Mom Genes
by Abigail Tucker • 2021
Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.
3.81
1k+
🧬 Maternal Biology🐒 Evolutionary Psychology👶 Parenting Science
Mom Genes Summary
Mom Genes 88%
Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.
by Abigail Tucker 2021
3.81
1k+ ratings
🧬 Maternal Biology🐒 Evolutionary Psychology👶 Parenting Science
Los seres queridos
by Berta Dávila • 2022
An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.
4.01
871
🖊️ Autofiction🔀 Fragmented Narrative🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood
Los seres queridos Summary
Los seres queridos 88%
An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.
by Berta Dávila 2022
4.01
871 ratings
🖊️ Autofiction🔀 Fragmented Narrative🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood
Ambitious Like a Mother
by Lara Bazelon • 2022
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
3.58
164
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering
Ambitious Like a Mother Summary
Ambitious Like a Mother 88%
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
by Lara Bazelon 2022
3.58
164 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering
Touched Out
by Amanda Montei • 2023
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
4.18
425
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work
Touched Out Summary
Touched Out 88%
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
by Amanda Montei 2023
4.18
425 ratings
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work
Being There
by Erica Komisar • 2026
The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.
3.87
46
🧠 Early Childhood Development🔗 Attachment Theory💼 Working Mothers
Being There Summary
Being There 88%
The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.
by Erica Komisar 2026
3.87
46 ratings
🧠 Early Childhood Development🔗 Attachment Theory💼 Working Mothers
Difficult Mothers
by Terri Apter • 2012
A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.
3.82
479
👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships🔗 Attachment Theory💔 Emotional Neglect
Difficult Mothers Summary
Difficult Mothers 88%
A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.
by Terri Apter 2012
3.82
479 ratings
👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships🔗 Attachment Theory💔 Emotional Neglect
Die, My Love
by Ariana Harwicz • 2012
Deep in the French countryside, a mother's devotion frays into something feral and dangerous.
3.42
14k+
🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Mental Unraveling🦊 Feral Motherhood
Die, My Love Summary
Die, My Love 88%
Deep in the French countryside, a mother's devotion frays into something feral and dangerous.
by Ariana Harwicz 2012
3.42
14k+ ratings
🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Mental Unraveling🦊 Feral Motherhood
My Phantoms
by Gwendoline Riley • 2021
A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.
3.77
6k+
💔 Difficult Mother🌫️ Emotional Distance🪞 Parental Narcissism
My Phantoms Summary
My Phantoms 88%
A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.
by Gwendoline Riley 2021
3.77
6k+ ratings
💔 Difficult Mother🌫️ Emotional Distance🪞 Parental Narcissism
The Most Important Job In The World
by Gina Rushton • 2022
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
4.08
988
❓ Choosing Parenthood⚖️ Reproductive Justice🌍 Climate Anxiety
The Most Important Job In The World Summary
The Most Important Job In The World 88%
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
by Gina Rushton 2022
4.08
988 ratings
❓ Choosing Parenthood⚖️ Reproductive Justice🌍 Climate Anxiety
Nightbitch
by Rachel Yoder • 2021
A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.
3.42
89k+
😤 Maternal Rage🐺 Animal Transformation🩸 Body Horror
Nightbitch Summary
Nightbitch 88%
A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.
by Rachel Yoder 2021
3.42
89k+ ratings
😤 Maternal Rage🐺 Animal Transformation🩸 Body Horror
A Mouthful of Air
by Amy Koppelman • 2022
She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.
3.37
41
🤱 Postpartum Depression🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔗 Generational Trauma
A Mouthful of Air Summary
A Mouthful of Air 88%
She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.
by Amy Koppelman 2022
3.37
41 ratings
🤱 Postpartum Depression🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔗 Generational Trauma
Sex Object
by Jessica Valenti • 2016
She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.
3.66
14k+
👀 Sexual Objectification📖 Feminist Coming Of Age🪞 Internalized Misogyny
Sex Object Summary
Sex Object 88%
She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.
by Jessica Valenti 2016
3.66
14k+ ratings
👀 Sexual Objectification📖 Feminist Coming Of Age🪞 Internalized Misogyny
Motherhood
by Sheila Heti • 2018
A writer pushes forty, flipping coins: her art, or the child she might have.
3.64
22k+
🖋️ Autofiction🕯️ Generational Trauma🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence
Motherhood Summary
Motherhood 88%
A writer pushes forty, flipping coins: her art, or the child she might have.
by Sheila Heti 2018
3.64
22k+ ratings
🖋️ Autofiction🕯️ Generational Trauma🤰 Motherhood Ambivalence
It Never Ends
by Nan Gefen • 2017
Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.
4.75
4
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🧓 Aging Parents🔄 Role Reversal
It Never Ends Summary
It Never Ends 87%
Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.
by Nan Gefen 2017
4.75
4 ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🧓 Aging Parents🔄 Role Reversal
Strong As a Mother
by Kate Rope • 2018
Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.
4.03
1k+
🧠 Maternal Mental Health👶 New Motherhood🤝 Co-Parenting
Strong As a Mother Summary
Strong As a Mother 87%
Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.
by Kate Rope 2018
4.03
1k+ ratings
🧠 Maternal Mental Health👶 New Motherhood🤝 Co-Parenting
Discovering the Inner Mother
by Bethany Webster • 2021
How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.
3.86
1k+
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧒 Inner Child Healing
Discovering the Inner Mother Summary
Discovering the Inner Mother 87%
How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.
by Bethany Webster 2021
3.86
1k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧒 Inner Child Healing
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons
by Meg Meeker • 2014
Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.
3.91
3k+
👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship✝️ Christian Parenting🧠 Emotional Intelligence
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons Summary
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons 87%
Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.
by Meg Meeker 2014
3.91
3k+ ratings
👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship✝️ Christian Parenting🧠 Emotional Intelligence
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering
by Sarah J. Buckley • 2005
Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.
3.98
1k+
🌿 Natural Childbirth🤱 Attachment Parenting📋 Informed Consent
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering Summary
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering 87%
Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.
by Sarah J. Buckley 2005
3.98
1k+ ratings
🌿 Natural Childbirth🤱 Attachment Parenting📋 Informed Consent
The Push
by Ashley Audrain • 2021
A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.
4.04
448k+
🔗 Generational Trauma🧠 Psychological Suspense🏠 Domestic Suspense
The Push Summary
The Push 87%
A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.
by Ashley Audrain 2021
4.04
448k+ ratings
🔗 Generational Trauma🧠 Psychological Suspense🏠 Domestic Suspense
The Primitive Edge of Experience
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1989
Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.
4.41
105
🧩 Object Relations🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🌫️ Primitive Mental States
The Primitive Edge of Experience Summary
The Primitive Edge of Experience 87%
Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1989
4.41
105 ratings
🧩 Object Relations🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🌫️ Primitive Mental States
Caída de las nubes
by Violaine Bérot • 2025
During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.
4.10
2k+
🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy🏔️ Remote Mountain Village🗣️ Polyphonic Narrative
Caída de las nubes Summary
Caída de las nubes 87%
During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.
by Violaine Bérot 2025
4.10
2k+ ratings
🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy🏔️ Remote Mountain Village🗣️ Polyphonic Narrative
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
by Michele Filgate • 2019
Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.
3.74
19k+
📝 Personal Essays👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds🗝️ Family Secrets
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Summary
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About 87%
Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.
by Michele Filgate 2019
3.74
19k+ ratings
📝 Personal Essays👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds🗝️ Family Secrets
For Her Own Good
by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976
Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.
3.96
3k+
📜 Women'S History💊 Medicalization🏠 Domestic Ideology
For Her Own Good Summary
For Her Own Good 87%
Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.
by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976
3.96
3k+ ratings
📜 Women'S History💊 Medicalization🏠 Domestic Ideology
Releasing the Mother Load
by Erica Djossa • 2024
The mental load of motherhood is invisible and exhausting. How to share it and reclaim yourself.
3.92
312
👻 Invisible Labor🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔍 Intensive Mothering
Releasing the Mother Load Summary
Releasing the Mother Load 87%
The mental load of motherhood is invisible and exhausting. How to share it and reclaim yourself.
by Erica Djossa 2024
3.92
312 ratings
👻 Invisible Labor🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔍 Intensive Mothering
Earth to Moon
by Moon Unit Zappa • 2024
She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.
4.20
3k+
🎬 Celebrity Childhood🎨 Bohemian Childhood👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
Earth to Moon Summary
Earth to Moon 87%
She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.
by Moon Unit Zappa 2024
4.20
3k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Childhood🎨 Bohemian Childhood👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
Mother Hunger
by Kelly McDaniel • 2021
Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.
4.08
6k+
🩹 Mother Wound🔗 Attachment Repair🕳️ Emotional Neglect
Mother Hunger Summary
Mother Hunger 87%
Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.
by Kelly McDaniel 2021
4.08
6k+ ratings
🩹 Mother Wound🔗 Attachment Repair🕳️ Emotional Neglect
Good Enough Is the New Perfect
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie • 2011
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
3.40
191
👩‍💼 Working Mothers😔 Mom Guilt⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Good Enough Is the New Perfect Summary
Good Enough Is the New Perfect 87%
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie 2011
3.40
191 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Mothers😔 Mom Guilt⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Single Mothers by Choice
by Jane Mattes • 1994
Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.
3.68
184
👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood🧬 Donor Conception📋 Adoption Guides
Single Mothers by Choice Summary
Single Mothers by Choice 87%
Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.
by Jane Mattes 1994
3.68
184 ratings
👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood🧬 Donor Conception📋 Adoption Guides
The Emotionally Absent Mother
by Jasmin Lee Cori • 2010
What your mother never gave you can still be built. The repair tools, step by step.
4.16
4k+
🧩 Emotional Neglect🌑 Mother Wound🪢 Attachment Theory
The Emotionally Absent Mother Summary
The Emotionally Absent Mother 87%
What your mother never gave you can still be built. The repair tools, step by step.
by Jasmin Lee Cori 2010
4.16
4k+ ratings
🧩 Emotional Neglect🌑 Mother Wound🪢 Attachment Theory
Birth Without Fear
by January Harshe • 2019
Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.
3.57
2k+
🏠 Postpartum Care✊ Birth Advocacy🧠 Maternal Mental Health
Birth Without Fear Summary
Birth Without Fear 87%
Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.
by January Harshe 2019
3.57
2k+ ratings
🏠 Postpartum Care✊ Birth Advocacy🧠 Maternal Mental Health
Mom & Me & Mom
by Maya Angelou • 2013
After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.
4.22
27k+
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation🌪️ Flawed Mothers🩹 Generational Healing
Mom & Me & Mom Summary
Mom & Me & Mom 87%
After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.
by Maya Angelou 2013
4.22
27k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation🌪️ Flawed Mothers🩹 Generational Healing
Doing It All
by Ruby Russell • 2024
The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.
4.24
17
🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood💰 Care Economy☭ Marxist Feminism
Doing It All Summary
Doing It All 87%
The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.
by Ruby Russell 2024
4.24
17 ratings
🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood💰 Care Economy☭ Marxist Feminism
Mother Brain
by Chelsea Conaboy • 2022
Maternal instinct is a fairytale. Parenthood reshapes the brain for everyone who cares for a baby.
3.59
1k+
🧪 Parenting Science🤱 Maternal Mental Health🧠 Brain Plasticity
Mother Brain Summary
Mother Brain 86%
Maternal instinct is a fairytale. Parenthood reshapes the brain for everyone who cares for a baby.
by Chelsea Conaboy 2022
3.59
1k+ ratings
🧪 Parenting Science🤱 Maternal Mental Health🧠 Brain Plasticity
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver • 2003
A mother writes her dead husband, tracing the childhood of the boy who massacred his classmates.
4.08
217k+
📝 Epistolary Novel🖤 Psychological Horror😨 Difficult Child
We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary
We Need to Talk About Kevin 86%
A mother writes her dead husband, tracing the childhood of the boy who massacred his classmates.
by Lionel Shriver 2003
4.08
217k+ ratings
📝 Epistolary Novel🖤 Psychological Horror😨 Difficult Child
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci • 1975
Alone and pregnant, a woman writes to the child inside her, weighing existence against nothingness.
4.03
25k+
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood🗳️ Reproductive Autonomy
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born 86%
Alone and pregnant, a woman writes to the child inside her, weighing existence against nothingness.
by Oriana Fallaci 1975
4.03
25k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Fiction🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood🗳️ Reproductive Autonomy
Mothers of Psychoanalysis
by Janet Sayers • 1991
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
4.20
25
🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory🧩 Object Relations Theory🛡️ Ego Psychology
Mothers of Psychoanalysis Summary
Mothers of Psychoanalysis 86%
Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.
by Janet Sayers 1991
4.20
25 ratings
🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory🧩 Object Relations Theory🛡️ Ego Psychology
Understanding the Borderline Mother
by Christine Ann Lawson • 2000
Your borderline mother's chaos follows four patterns. Recognize hers and finally heal.
4.41
3k+
👩‍👧 Borderline Mothers🌑 Mother Wound🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing
Understanding the Borderline Mother Summary
Understanding the Borderline Mother 86%
Your borderline mother's chaos follows four patterns. Recognize hers and finally heal.
by Christine Ann Lawson 2000
4.41
3k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Borderline Mothers🌑 Mother Wound🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing
Chouette
by Claire Oshetsky • 2021
A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.
3.88
7k+
🪄 Magical Realism📖 Literary Horror🦉 Feral Child
Chouette Summary
Chouette 86%
A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.
by Claire Oshetsky 2021
3.88
7k+ ratings
🪄 Magical Realism📖 Literary Horror🦉 Feral Child
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough
by Abbey Strauss • 2011
When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.
4.33
3
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🏚️ Family Dysfunction🚧 Boundary Setting
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough Summary
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough 86%
When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.
by Abbey Strauss 2011
4.33
3 ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🏚️ Family Dysfunction🚧 Boundary Setting
The Vile Thing We Created
by Robert P. Ottone • 2023
Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.
3.56
760
🫄 Postpartum Horror🌌 Cosmic Horror🕯️ Occult Pregnancy
The Vile Thing We Created Summary
The Vile Thing We Created 86%
Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.
by Robert P. Ottone 2023
3.56
760 ratings
🫄 Postpartum Horror🌌 Cosmic Horror🕯️ Occult Pregnancy
I Only Say This Because I Love You
by Deborah Tannen • 2001
The real argument was never spoken. What linguistics reveals about family conflict's hidden logic.
3.80
497
🗣️ Family Communication👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Dynamics👥 Gender And Talk
I Only Say This Because I Love You Summary
I Only Say This Because I Love You 86%
The real argument was never spoken. What linguistics reveals about family conflict's hidden logic.
by Deborah Tannen 2001
3.80
497 ratings
🗣️ Family Communication👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Dynamics👥 Gender And Talk
Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters
by Karen C.L. Anderson • 2018
She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.
3.54
819
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics🧘‍♀️ Emotional Autonomy📖 Internal Narratives
Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters Summary
Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters 86%
She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.
by Karen C.L. Anderson 2018
3.54
819 ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics🧘‍♀️ Emotional Autonomy📖 Internal Narratives
It. Goes. So. Fast.
by Mary Louise Kelly • 2023
Her son's last year at home, her marriage's last year, and she's still flying to war zones.
3.85
12k+
🏢 Working Motherhood👶 Motherhood Memoir🎤 War Correspondence
It. Goes. So. Fast. Summary
It. Goes. So. Fast. 86%
Her son's last year at home, her marriage's last year, and she's still flying to war zones.
by Mary Louise Kelly 2023
3.85
12k+ ratings
🏢 Working Motherhood👶 Motherhood Memoir🎤 War Correspondence
Mommy Burnout
by Sheryl Ziegler • 2018
A recovery plan for the exhaustion no one named: find your people before you fall apart.
3.81
1k+
🧠 Maternal Mental Health👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood🔋 Burnout Recovery
Mommy Burnout Summary
Mommy Burnout 86%
A recovery plan for the exhaustion no one named: find your people before you fall apart.
by Sheryl Ziegler 2018
3.81
1k+ ratings
🧠 Maternal Mental Health👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood🔋 Burnout Recovery
Essential Labor
by Angela Garbes • 2022
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
3.79
3k+
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism
Essential Labor Summary
Essential Labor 86%
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
by Angela Garbes 2022
3.79
3k+ ratings
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism
Dearest
by Jacquie Walters • 2024
Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.
3.50
15k+
🖤 Postpartum Horror🔗 Generational Curse👶 Haunted Motherhood
Dearest Summary
Dearest 86%
Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.
by Jacquie Walters 2024
3.50
15k+ ratings
🖤 Postpartum Horror🔗 Generational Curse👶 Haunted Motherhood
Poser
by Claire Dederer • 2010
Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.
3.57
6k+
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism💔 Generational Divorce
Poser Summary
Poser 86%
Yoga undid her. Here is why a Seattle mother spent years trying to nail a backbend.
by Claire Dederer 2010
3.57
6k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood🧘‍♀️ Mom Perfectionism💔 Generational Divorce
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