Why read Matrescence?

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION • From the acclaimed author of Losing Eden (“Powerful, beautifully written”—Anthony Doerr) an important, moving, passionate and passionately written inquiry—personal and scientific—into what happens—mentally, spiritually, physically, during the process of becoming a mother, from pregnancy and childbirth to early motherhood and what this…

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Ted Fleming

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I stared at the book jacket; and knew I was about to “get schooled,” as I had never heard of the word “matrescence.” A masterful work that blends personal narrative with the latest scientific insights, Lucy Jones offers an intimate portrait of “matrescence,” the process of becoming a mother. Jones guides the reader through the physical, psychological, and social changes a women experiences from pregnancy, to childbirth, to motherhood.

Jones bravely exposes the myths of mothering as natural, instinctual, and always happy with the reality that accompanying joy are sleep deprivation, loneliness, and isolation. You learn that adult caregiver brains…

From Ted's 3 favorite reads in 2024.