
Notes to New Mothers
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2026
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-324-11705-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the early days with their first babies, two friends began comparing notes on what, exactly, was going on in their postpartum bodies and minds. What was a wake window? How could anyone function under the weight of so much love? All their new-mom friends were overwhelmed too. In search of the book they needed, editors Rebecca Knight and Julie Buntin invited sixty-five acclaimed writers and artists-Julia Phillips, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Liana Finck, Jenny Slate, Naima Coster, and more-to riff on shared concerns: burp volcanos, career shifts, breastfeeding logs, partnership dynamics, minor victories and major insecurities. Here is a bedside table companion for every mother who has wondered how she'll make it through the wilderness of early parenthood, and a window into her experience for the family and friends desperate to better care for their beloved moms-to-be. Brave, unexpected, and revelatory, Notes to New Mothers offers a new map of motherhood as both a singular and communal experience.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
22 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-324-11705-6 (9781324117056)
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Persons
Rebecca Knight is the author of the novels Hex, The Sunlit Night, and poems Lofoten, and screenwriter of The Sunlit Night feature film adaptation. She lives in southern New Hampshire. Julie Buntin is the author of Marlena and Famous Men, and an assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Michigan. She lives in Ann Arbor.