And now we have everything : on motherhood before I was ready / Meaghan O'Connell.
When Meaghan O'Connell got accidentally pregnant in her twenties and decided to keep the baby, she realized that the book she needed -- a brutally honest, agenda-free reckoning with the emotional and existential impact of motherhood -- didn't exist. So she decided to write it herself. And Now We Have Everything is O'Connell's exploration of the cataclysmic, impossible-to-prepare-for experience of becoming a mother. With her dark humor and hair-trigger B.S. detector, O'Connell addresses the pervasive imposter syndrome that comes with unplanned pregnancy, the fantasies of a "natural" birth experience that erode maternal self-esteem, post-partum body and sex issues, and the fascinating strangeness of stepping into a new, not-yet-comfortable identity. Channeling fears and anxieties that are still taboo and often unspoken, And Now We Have Everything is an unflinchingly frank, funny, and visceral motherhood story for our times, about having a baby and staying, for better or worse, exactly yourself. --Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316393843
- ISBN: 0316393843
- Physical Description: v, 230 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Baby fever -- Holding patterns (1 to 41.5) -- A birth story -- Sleepless nights -- A certain kind of mammal -- Slacker parent -- Maternal instincts -- Dry spell -- Extra room (1 to 26). |
Awards Note: | Oregon book awards finalist, 2019 |
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Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Baker County Library | 306.87432 .O182a 2018 (Text) | 37814003233971 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
Harney County Library | 306.874 O'CONNELL (Text)
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37720000587410 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
Joseph Public Library | 306.8 OCO (Text) | 30002000248732 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - | ||
Lake County Main Library - Lakeview | 306.8743 O'CONNELL (Text) | 37620000930562 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
Milton-Freewater Public Library | 306.8 O'Conn (Text) | 37862000438010 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
Pendleton Public Library | 306.8 Oc5 (Text) | 37801000607406 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
Umatilla Public Library | F O'Co (Text) | 37882001857653 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
Union Carnegie Public Library | 306.8 O'CONNELL (Text) | 37883000340543 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |