An emotionally honest, arresting, and funny collection of essays about motherhood and adulthood...
āBeing a mother is a gift.ā
Whereās my receipt? Welcome to essayist Kimberly Harringtonās poetic and funny world of motherhood, womanhood, and humanhood, not necessarily in that order. Itās a place of loud parenting, fierce loving, too much social media, and occasional inner monologues where timeless debates are resolved such as Pro/Con: Caving to PTO Bake Sale Pressure (āPRO: Skim the crappiest brownies for myself. CON: Theyāre really crappy.ā) With accessibility and wit, she captures the emotions around parenthood in artful and earnest ways, highlighting this time in the middleāmidlife, the middle years of childhood, how women are stuck in the middle of so much. Itās a place of elation, exhaustion, and time whipping past at warp speed. Finally, itās a quiet space to consider the girl you were, the mother you are, and the woman you are always becoming.