Ebook Dear Mother Poems on the hot mess of motherhood eBook Bunmi Laditan
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The first collection of poetry from Bunmi Laditan, bestselling author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure and creator of The Honest Toddler, capturing the honesty, rawness, sheer joy and total madness of motherhood. With the compassion and wit that have made her a social media sensation among mothers around the world, Bunmi Laditan puts into evocative and relatable words what so many of us feel but can’t quite express. For mothers who love their children with a fiery fierceness but know what it is to feel crushed at the end of those long days, Dear Mother is like a warm hug that says, “I get it.”
Ebook Dear Mother Poems on the hot mess of motherhood eBook Bunmi Laditan
"This book is a beautiful collection of honest, compassionate, and healing poetry about motherhood. I just got it today, and it's already helped me so much. Her words are exactly what I needed to read right now... Every mom on the planet should read it!"
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Dear Mother Poems on the hot mess of motherhood eBook Bunmi Laditan Reviews :
Dear Mother Poems on the hot mess of motherhood eBook Bunmi Laditan Reviews
- I cannot fathom why there are not 25,000 5-star reviews of this book already (it was published 3 weeks ago). This book of poetry is priceless. I want to rip out nearly half of the pages and frame them on my walls. Bunmi reminds me that I am not alone in my sweetest and deepest and darkest feelings along this journey of motherhood. I feel so grateful that she put her feelings to pen and paper and that we are all lucky enough to have the opportunity to read it. She is authentic in an image-obsessed world, funny, even if its considered "inappropriate", and raw, even when it must have been painful to admit. I have this book on my bedside table and will keep it there for years to come. And I will gift this book to dozens of mothers everywhere. I encourage you to do the same.
- A beautiful collection of poems that dig deep into the heart of motherhood. I cried only a few pages in, and then laughed a few pages later. It’s incredible to see the highs and lows of motherhood starkly on the pages of this book. Well done Bunmi, you’ve created a masterpiece. Will be buying more as gifts for friends.
- This arrived yesterday, and I read it cover to cover this morning after my precious angels went to school. With tears in my eyes, I felt all the emotions of motherhood with Bunmi, and finally felt like someone else understands me.
- I love all of Bunmi Laditan’s books. She’s unquestionably hilarious, but there’s an ability she has to touch the heartbreaking truth that’s a part of life. This book moved me to tears and made me laugh so loudly people turned and stared (I was in public reading the “Laughter†chapter.) It deals with laundry, relationships, Depression, poop, pizza, loss, and love. It’s perfect for mothers at any stages. Buy multiples. I am.
- This book is a beautiful collection of honest, compassionate, and healing poetry about motherhood. I just got it today, and it's already helped me so much. Her words are exactly what I needed to read right now... Every mom on the planet should read it!
- Such an honest and realistic view of motherhood, capturing all the emotions that come with it. Many times, motherhood is sugar coated, but this is real. Love it.
- Eloquently captures the joy and ache of motherhood. I will cherish this book forever- and reread it often.
- "The audacity of a child's
demands for love
are only matched
by the ridiculous depths
of the love their parents
have for them."
Dear Mother wasn't exactly what I was expecting, in good ways and bad. Having followed the author on Facebook for the last couple of years, I'm used to her hilarious, crude, weird status updates, so I honestly expected this to be a funny collection of anecdotes about her kids and her reactions to their zaniness. Instead, I got a collection that was 10% humor, 90% utter seriousness.
"to make a two-year-old,
combine one puppy
one incontinent octopus
and a single juice box-loving gangster
mix until it starts slapping"
The humorous parts, short as they were, were pretty good, though not on par with her everyday updates — to be fair, I guess it's not easy to write side-splitting poetry! That said, there were a few gems that made me smile (or laugh out loud, like the quote above).
"dear mother,
no
they would not
be better off
without
you"
While I was mostly disappointed to see how serious it was, there were a few poems (like this one) that really hit me in the gut and made me sit still and soak it in for a minute, and I appreciated those moments tremendously. I always heard people say parenthood was the hardest job you could have, and I thought it was an exaggeration until I started living it. The guilt and feelings of self-inadequacy I live with every single day? Those are hard to breathe through. Bunmi gets it, though, and she offers some incredible reassurances that ended up being exactly what I needed to hear today.
All in all, it's not my favorite book I've read on life as a parent, and it's nothing ground-breaking, but it's got a lot of enjoyable poems and I think most mothers, or parents in general, will find it easy to relate to.
