A review by shermreads
Motherhood by Sheila Heti

2.0

really really struggled through this book & the narrow perspective of the author. peak upper class white western feminism, which is not necessarily a perspective which needs more airtime. I’m also not interested hearing more about the struggles within such a narrow confine of kinship, without making an attempt or acknowledge of attempts to blow it up/reimagine entirely (see: the radical stuff being proposed with alloparenting, non cis-het family units, etc)

that being said, there were some truly beautiful passages & great questions asked! but I’m not sure I would recommend anyone wade through the rest of it to get to the pearls.