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Motherhood

By: Sheila Heti
Narrated by: Sheila Heti
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Motherhood treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti international acclaim.

Having reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti’s narrator considers, with the same urgency, the question of whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, her body, her family, mysticism and chance, Heti's narrator struggles to make a wise and meaningful choice.

In the semi-diaristic mode of a woman in conversation with herself, Motherhood raises radical and essential questions, including whether this pivotal decision can even be considered ‘a decision’ at all.

©2018 Sheila Heti (P)2018 Macmillan Audio Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction
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I didn't think I'd enjoy this story as much as I did. Felt like the inner dialogue for a lot of us who struggle with a decision so big that we feel we don't want but can't be sure. I'm grateful that she shared her story and the history of her family to show how generational trauma passes down but doesn't have to be our story. even with her anxiety, which sometimes was frustrating, was real and that was clearly her intention.
I appreciate this book for what it is.

the ending hit in a way I didn't expect

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So many thoughtful passages and reflections in this book. Man, I thought I over thought things though!... (This women is obsessive.)
Overall was hugely beneficial to find someone who has had many of the same thoughts as myself. At times I just found she did go on a little... but I think that's part of the realness of it.

Beautiful writing

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