On Modern Mothering and Matrescence

Updated 2 months ago
44 Books

A personal excavation of the experience of becoming a mother, motherhood, remothering, etc.

Position	Details	Rating	Readers Count
#1	Housewife Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What to Do Instead Lisa Selin Davis	0	0 reads
#2	Mother Mother Annie Macmanus	4	1 read
#3	A Circle of Quiet Madeleine L'Engle	5	3 reads
#4	Matrescence Matrescence: On the metamorphosis of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood Lucy Jones	0	0 reads
#5	Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance Kelly McDaniel	4	4 reads
#6	Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control Amanda Montei	4	1 read
#7	Essential Labor Angela Garbes	4.2	10 reads
#8	The School for Good Mothers Chan Jessamine	3.78	58 reads
#9	The Mamas The Mamas: What I Learned about Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me Helena Andrews-Dyer	0	1 read
#10	Screaming on the Inside Jessica Grose	3.21	7 reads
#11	Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself Lisa Marchiano	0	0 reads
#12	The Baby on the Fire Escape The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem Julie Phillips	0	0 reads
#13	Ordinary Insanity Ordinary Insanity: Fear and the Silent Crisis of Motherhood in America Sarah Menkedick	0	0 reads
#14	Life Among the Savages Shirley Jackson	4.12	16 reads
#15	Cribsheet Emily Oster	4.15	59 reads
#16	Detransition, Baby Torrey Peters	3.94	108 reads
#17	The Push Ashley Audrain	3.9	185 reads
#18	The Grand Permission Rachel Blau DuPlessis	0	0 reads
#19	The Myths of Motherhood The Myths of Motherhood Shari L. Thurer	0	0 reads
#20	Daybook Anne Truitt	4	1 read
#21	Of woman born Adrienne Rich	0	1 read
#22	The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change	0	0 reads
#23	Hold Still Nina LaCour	3.97	20 reads
#24	The Argonauts Maggie Nelson	3.95	84 reads
#25	Mothers Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty Jacqueline Rose	0	0 reads
#26	To Have and to Hold To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma Molly Millwood	4.33	4 reads
#27	All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Katharine K. Wilkinson	4.5	15 reads
#28	Motherhood So White Nefertiti Austin	2.67	3 reads
#29	Misconceptions Naomi Wolf Wolf Naomi	0	0 reads
#30	Body Full of Stars Molly Caro May	5	2 reads
#31	Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years Catherine Newman	0	1 read
#32	Small animals Brooks, Kim (Author and essayist)	3.5	3 reads
#33	A Life's Work Rachel Cusk	5	7 reads
#34	Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living Glennon Doyle	3.81	165 reads
#35	Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words Kimberly Harrington	0	1 read
#36	I'm Just Happy to Be Here I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering Janelle Hanchett	2	2 reads
#37	Circe Madeline Miller	4.26	1,188 reads
#38	Love and Trouble Claire Dederer	0	1 read
#39	Poser my life in twenty-three yoga poses Claire Dederer	3.63	5 reads
#40	100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write Sarah Ruhl	3.6	7 reads
#41	All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood Jennifer Senior	3.89	12 reads
#42	Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life Karen Maezen Miller	0	1 read
#43	Momma Zen Karen Maezen Miller	0	1 read
#44	Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year Anne Lamott	3.56	14 reads