Nightbitch

“Does the most realistic depiction of early motherhood I've ever read include the feeling of turning into a feral animal? How could it not? "She wanted to tell the girl: It’s complicated. I would like to be content, but instead I am stuck inside a prison of my own creation, where I torment myself endlessly, until I am left binge-eating Fig Newtons at midnight to keep from crying.I am angry all the time. I would one day like to direct my own artwork toward a critique of these modern-day systems that articulates all this, but my brain no longer functions as it did before the baby, and I am really dumb now. I am afraid I will never be smart or happy or thin again. I am afraid I might be turning into a dog. Instead, she said, smiling, I love it. I love being a mom.”"”

“OMG. I recommend this to any woman who has had a child. Weird. Funny. A great examination of modern motherhood. A+ ending.”

“The animal instincts of being a mother.”

“Whether you’re a mother, never want to be (to human children at least), or have your doubts, this book carries something important for you. It also is not just about all that - an immersive, magical realism-esque experience into womanhood and regaining your wildness.”