Book description
After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf Anna, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively orders clothes she can't afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, she forces herself to read and…
Why read it?
1 author picked My Work as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This unconventional novel (a mixture of poetry, essay, fiction, and letters) uses its unusual form to expound upon the messiness of childbirth and early motherhood.
This book chronicles a time and space that is difficult to pin down, giving it the feel of a wholly new art form. I was blown away by this unflinching depiction of the tensions between motherhood, marriage, and the creative life. It is one of the few books I've read that refuses to soften maternal ambivalence and anxiety for its readers, and I am grateful for it.
From Brittany's list on brutally capture how shitty it is to be a woman.
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