Many thanks to NetGalley, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, and Sarah Vaughan for the opportunity to read and review her latest book. I was a fan of The Anatomy of a Scandal so I was excited to start this one. 4.5 stars rounded up for a compelling book that I couldn't put down.
A group of women meet at a prenatal class and have tried to maintain their relationship. Liz, a busy pediatrician, and happily married mother of two, always feels like she's not quite as good a mother as others because she works. She is still carrying the scars of her childhood and tries hard to always do the right thing. Jess is a stay-at-home mom struggling with postpartum depression after the birth of her third child, even though she is always put together and puts on wonderful social events. A tragedy brings these two friends to opposite sides and much more than their friendship is on the line.
This book would be perfect for a mother's bookclub to read - everyone paints an instagram perfect view of motherhood and family life but the reality is quite different. By always trying to put that best face forward, we don't acknowledge true feelings - that motherhood can be hard and definitely not glamorous. Plus, we let our friends take the fact that we say we're okay at face value instead of digging a little deeper if they feel something might be wrong. This also looks at the traditional family roles and how easy it is to only see what we want to see as well as how the scars of our past change us and how we can learn to live with them.
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