The Mornings After: A Memoir of a Single, Pregnant Professional
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (881 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0733CZFCV |
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| Number of Pages | : | 478 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
My pregnancy came on the heels of a short marriage and a quick divorce while I was living in Salt Lake City, Utah. My family and friends were thousands of miles away, but their love and support never wavered. The father of the baby wanted nothing to do with it, proclaiming that he was done with the “World Series of Pain,” his pet name for our relationship.The Mornings After is an account of my nine-month journey during which I prepared emotionally for motherhood, faced the mistakes of my past, and lived a life in stark contrast to the lives of my conservative, religious neighbors. The book is about how it felt to bring someone new into the world, and how it changed my life.. In my mind, pregnancy would be a time of reading The New Yorker aloud to my baby in utero, Bach streaming gently in through a pair of Bose headphones laid tenderly over my belly, as a doting husband shopped at Dean & DeLuca’s to satisfy my every gustatory craving. Instead, I endured pregnancy on a steady diet of psychotherapy, Reiki, and hikes with my dog Buddy