Not What I Expected: The Unpredictable Road from Womanhood to Motherhood

by Donya Currie Arias and Hildie S. Block

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931181267
• ISBN13: 9780931181269
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Paycock Press
• Length: 363 Pages

Customer Reviews

Great Read -- A Treat

This book is a joy to read. The authors have drawn from the broad palette of the motherhood experience to evoke the sweetness and bitterness of the journey, its pitfalls and some of the hidden signposts along the way. Some of the stories are funny, some sad, all ring so true. Reading this anthology will be cathartic for those who have gone through the journey, and instructive for those who are about to embark on it. I will definitely be ordering one for the next expectant mom I know!

A tribute to the everyday stuff of motherhood

I loved this book! Every mother should have a copy. Each piece was compelling and well-written. As a whole, this collection gives voice to the varied and universal experiences of mothers -- frequently silent due to the demands of daily life with children. If you are a mother, you will no doubt recognize yourself in these short stories and poems at times -- and at other times you will marvel at how different another mother's experience can be. I laughed, I cried, I couldn't put it down. For an expectant or new mother, I'm sure this book could help to ease her worries and help her understand that she's not alone. For an experienced mother, this book offers a way to remember, and even revel in, past joys and sorrows of being a mother.