An unflinchingly honest and disarmingly funny memoir from an exhausted mom who broke under the pressure to do it all, faced her past, found herself--and learned to let go of perfection and just serve the dang chicken nuggets. "Libby is shifting the cultural narrative in a way that will echo for generations. When Libby Ward became a mother at twenty-six, she thought she was prepared. Determined to give her kids a childhood different from her own, she clung to the world’s “shoulds” like her children''s future depended on it. That was her first mistake. A couple years later, with a toddler around her ankle, a needy baby in her arms, and silent rage coursing through her veins, Libby began to unravel. Struggling to manage the unrelenting and often unspoken expectations of mothering, she did what any overfunctioning people-pleaser would do--she wallowed in shame. Then, she tried harder. In Equal parts memoir and manifesto, flush with refreshing takeaways, <Honest Motherhood< is a rallying cry for moms to let go of perfection, choose themselves, and give their kids what they need most--a mother who is present and whole....

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Libby Ward