RaveThe Globe and MailO’Connell’s straightforward admissions made me anxious at times, but I was also incredibly grateful to her for putting them on paper. My own fears about being the best version of myself, kids or not, were alleviated through reading about another person’s struggles with the same issues—and with the guts to admit how inadequate and alone she felt. Her direct, punchy writing style...translates well to a book-length format, where she has room to explore all avenues of a thought or an anecdote before concluding with a startling clarity ... Her book is a welcome approach to both confessional writing and writing about motherhood ... she names the messy feelings that so often shame us into hiding and in doing so, gives herself, and anyone who can relate, a bit of room to breathe.
