![]() ![]() This is a very personal memoir and I appreciate Kinsella sharing her thoughts in this way.Ī book about motherhood and madness. ![]() Will not be rating it as it is a memoir and it feels unfair to poorly rate someone's life. There is so much more to this memoir - the gender gap in terms of treatment of pain inter-generational trauma the role of the Catholic Church the fact that the ‘superpowers’ and sacrifice of mothers is presented as a compliment when it is actually an expectation and the idea that it takes a village to raise a child but modern women have lost their village. This imperfect world I’ve brought him into, this imperfect body I have taken him from. Like grief.Īnd she captures the vigilance, doubt, and overwhelming emotion of many new mothers. A friend tells her those feelings don’t go away but they become less intense. Kinsella's descriptions of her newborn resonated strongly for me. to be a pregnant woman in Ireland is to know the fortune of your time and place of birth. The experiences of Kinsella's own mother and grandmother provide personal context. ![]() Kinsella reflects on her experience of pregnancy, childbirth, 'madness', and the first nine months of her son's life, with Ireland's historical treatment of women and mothers as a backdrop. I'll do my best to emphasise its importance. This poetic memoir really deserves a full and thorough review. ![]()
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