{"product_id":"9781771624329","title":"The Mother","description":"Author: Rachel Deutsch\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781771624329\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: D \u0026amp; M Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a truly beautiful and special book.'  Emily Oster, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpecting Better \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCribsheet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Searching, honest, funny, and beautiful.'  Rachel Yoder, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNightbitch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I laugh-sobbed my way through \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mother,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e so loudly my children came to check on me.'  Angela Garbes, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssential Labor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this hilarious and harrowingly honest graphic memoir,New Yorker cartoonist Rachel Deutsch, aka @weirdmomart on Instagram, shares the story of her journey into motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Deutsch had always wanted a baby. She wanted to press her face into theirs and feed them from her body. Eventually her child might hate her a little. But they'd be on speaking terms most of the time. Wait...or was that just Rachel's experience with her mum? Had she processed her own childhood enough to raise a child herself!?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mother \u003c\/i\u003eis about the constant dualities and contradictions of motherhood. The collision of future Rachel and past Rachel. Desperately wanting to get pregnant while fearful of being pregnant. Loving a new identity while missing an old one. Celebrating a new family while mourning the previous incarnation of a partnership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, provocative, and unabashedly candid, Deutsch's memoir embraces both the joys and the challenges of modern parenthood in a way that will resonate with new and seasoned parents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852843143326,"sku":"ADS-9781771624329","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781771624329.jpg?v=1779063501","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781771624329","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}