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Nightbitch: A Novel

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

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Marni Kane

Marni Kane

“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”

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Robin Reetz

Robin Reetz

“The animal instincts of being a mother.”

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lydia

lydia

“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.”

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