MixedHarvard ReviewInterspersed throughout are Jamison’s descriptions of the everyday life of a new mother, written with a linguistic agility that veers into distractingly flowery language ... What really makes these chronicles of a new mother tolerable is Jamison’s dalliance with her post-C love interest, a musician. Jamison’s depictions of him break up the banality of the mother narrative ... Monotonous.
Ruth Madievsky
RaveFull StopMadievsky’s prose is clear and insightful ... Her fragmented self illuminates issues of mental health stigma and intergenerational and sexual trauma. With intuitive prose, Madievsky transforms the narrator’s struggle into a narrative strength.
