{"product_id":"and-now-we-have-everything-on-motherhood-before-i-was-ready-paperback","title":"And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeaghan O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected as One of the Best Books of the Year by: National Public Radio, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThrillist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, Powell's, \u003cem\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWomen.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"Smart, funny, and true in all the best ways, this book made me ache with recognition.\" -- Cheryl Strayed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003eraw, funny, and fiercely honest account of becoming a mother before feeling like a grown up.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Meaghan O'Connell got accidentally pregnant in her twenties and decided to keep the baby, she realized that the book she needed -- a brutally honest, agenda-free reckoning with the emotional and existential impact of motherhood -- didn't exist. So she decided to write it herself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eAnd Now We Have Everything\u003c\/em\u003e is O'Connell's exploration of the cataclysmic, impossible-to-prepare-for experience of becoming a mother. With her dark humor and hair-trigger B.S. detector, O'Connell addresses the pervasive imposter syndrome that comes with unplanned pregnancy, the fantasies of a \"natural\" birth experience that erode maternal self-esteem, post-partum body and sex issues, and the fascinating strangeness of stepping into a new, not-yet-comfortable identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanneling fears and anxieties that are still taboo and often unspoken, \u003cem\u003eAnd Now We Have Everything\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinchingly frank, funny, and visceral motherhood story for our times, about having a baby and staying, for better or worse, exactly yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeaghan O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Longreads, and The Billfold, where she was an editor. She lives in Portland, OR, with her husband and young son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51893362032928,"sku":"9780316393850","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/PpzCX89Q-m9780316393850.webp?v=1781998329","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/and-now-we-have-everything-on-motherhood-before-i-was-ready-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}