Unexpected : A Postpartum Memoir
Unexpected : A Postpartum Memoir
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Author(s): Mosqued, Emily Adler
ISBN No.: 9781772584257
Pages: 155
Year: 202302
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 33.05
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Repeat mothers are assumed to know what to expect curing pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Unexpected: A Postpartum Memoir is the moving, raw account of a second-time mother who finds herself struggling for the first time with postpartum depression, anxiety and motherhood itself. Only as a mother of two does Emily find herself unable to ignore the impossible tempo of motherhood. At eight-months postpartum, Emily finds motherhood to be punctuated with unexpected sensations of Irritability end feelings of rage all lathered in immobilizing guilt and shame. Readers witness the author's personal evolution through her internal review and deconstruction of self and her examination of maternal expectations. It is through this journey of examining and feeling that Emily truly opens up the unexpected possibilities of understanding and what it means to be content in motherhood.


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