A review by debnanceatreaderbuzz
Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life: Or How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child by Faulkner Fox
4.0
Faulkner Fox has it all---a home, a job
she loves, a husband she adores, and two delightful sons. Yet,
somehow, she feels a disquieting sense of unhappiness. This book is
her attempt to come to terms with her feelings about motherhood amid
a culture that promotes not only selfless devotion to one's children
but also the ambitious strivings of modern women.
Though my own baby-steeped days have now passed, I can clearly
remember my own angst during those difficult early years at home. Fox
does a good job of trying to figure out the why, why, why of her
unhappiness while at the same time reminding us all of the
simultaneous bubbly joy of spending time with the fascinating little
beings our children often are. I'd recommend this for all moms, past
and present.
she loves, a husband she adores, and two delightful sons. Yet,
somehow, she feels a disquieting sense of unhappiness. This book is
her attempt to come to terms with her feelings about motherhood amid
a culture that promotes not only selfless devotion to one's children
but also the ambitious strivings of modern women.
Though my own baby-steeped days have now passed, I can clearly
remember my own angst during those difficult early years at home. Fox
does a good job of trying to figure out the why, why, why of her
unhappiness while at the same time reminding us all of the
simultaneous bubbly joy of spending time with the fascinating little
beings our children often are. I'd recommend this for all moms, past
and present.