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Sara Hildreth's avatar

Great list! Steph, have you read Chouette??

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Steph's avatar

Thanks and I haven’t!! Would you recommend?

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Brittany Viklund's avatar

I have all of these on my TBR!!!

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Jasmine Graber's avatar

I always knew I did not want to be a mother but yet I’ve also been fascinated by stories about the struggles of parenthood. I’ve read a few of these books but adding some to my list!

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Steph's avatar

This was so fun, thank you so much for having me, Michelle!

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Michelle Martin's avatar

Thank YOU for sharing your recs! Loved it.

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Kolina Cicero's avatar

Ooh I love this! The Nursery is one of my absolute favorites!

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Violet Carol's avatar

I recently posted about wanting motherhood to go mainstream since it encompasses EVERY aspect of the human condition. I rly love that Steph shared that, despite not wanting children, she recommended and read with pleasure these particular books (Nightbitch was great). LOVED this collab post and thank you for treating motherhood like any other meritorious literary topic 🫶🏻🩵

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Michelle Martin's avatar

I so agree with you, Violet! I think it’s really great when we explore it as a topic from so many angles, not just glamorizing it.

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Violet Carol's avatar

Absolutely — thank you for sharing the books you included in this post!

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