Motherhood

I read this book a number of years ago after having my first child. It was eye-opening to me and really put into words so many of the baffling feelings I was going through. It really made me question the way our culture treats mothers and how this treatment, whether well-meaning or not, can have a really stifling and often negative effect on women. I don't think it is depressing at all, as one reviewer wrote, except for the fact that it highlights how far we still have to go in terms of gender equality. I have recommended this book to several friends of mine who were depressed or dealing with difficult emotions following the births of their children. To me, the book helps a woman feel sane after the upheavals of becoming a new mother and trying to piece together your identity again in the aftermath. I would whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone.