althaea's Full Review: Iris Krasnow - Surrendering to Motherhood: Losing ...
Iris Krasnow is a superb writer. She is clear, she doesn't ramble and she stays focused. Surrendering to Motherhood is the story of her journey form a fast-track writer climbing up the business ladder to accepting herself within the chaos of mothering.
We read about her journey to find self. No matter what she did, emptiness would eventually come to fill her again. She strove for height, yet when she got there, it didn't feel right. She studied various religions in hopes of finding some inner peace. She wanted to have children, but when? When was she going to find the time within her busy schedule that included traveling, writing, and big shots.
Well, she did have children. Four of them in three years. As she wrote the book, all four boys were under the age of six. She tried to work, she tried not to work. She tried everything. She searched. She couldn't get it. Having her children forced her to do the things she was always trying to do. Her children forced her to live in the moment, to enjoy each of those precious little minutes.
This book was a sanity saver the first couple of months after my first child was born. What a change! What a transition!. I identify. Like many of us, I am on my own journey of self discovery, so as I read this book, I kept saying, "uh-huh," and shaking my head.
She does an excellent job of telling her story. She says focused, she doesn't ramble and give us a million boring details. She really captures the precious and insane. She allows us to see the beauty in a peanutbutter and jelly sandwhich, so to speak.
I recommend this book to every mother (and father). I also recommend this book to anyone who is "searching."
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