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The motherload : episodes from the brink of motherhood Cover Image Book

The motherload : episodes from the brink of motherhood / Sarah Hoover.

Episodes from the brink of motherhood : (other title)
Mother load (other title)
Hoover, Sarah (Art historian), (author.).

Summary:

The Motherload, offers a candid and sobering exploration of the journey women undergo as expectant mothers and wives. Hoover, who grew up imagining a life for herself, experienced a series of challenges when she became pregnant. She felt like an imposter, distant from her friends and husband, and suffered from anxiety, fear, guilt, and shame. Her son was born, and she experienced severe postpartum depression. The Motherload is about learning to forgive oneself for not being what they were told they should be and for not loving the way they should. It is a moving and exciting exploration of the unique female experience of constantly grappling with expectation versus reality and rejecting the cultural idea of the mother as a perfect being.

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  • ISBN: 9781668010136
  • ISBN: 1668010135
  • Physical Description: viii, 340 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon Element hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon Element, 2025.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Baby drop -- Balthazar -- Love and marriage -- Pregnant -- Mother wound -- Birth story -- Coming home -- First signs -- Off the deep end we go -- Brain explosion -- Brain switch -- A for autonomy -- The walk -- Mom strikes again -- Phone games -- The confrontation -- The end is just beginning.

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Hoover, Sarah (Art historian)
Motherhood > Biography.
Mothers > United States > Biography.
Motherhood > Psychological aspects.
Pregnancy > Psychological aspects.
Postpartum depression.
Pregnant women.
Motherhood > United States.
Motherhood > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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