Little Earthquakes

Considerando que eu tenho zero em comum com essas new moms, achei super relatable e interesting.

I read a couple of reviews while in the midst of reading Little Earthquakes and was surprised by how many people were dubious of how a group of women could become so close in such a short time. They said it lent to a suspension of reality for surely women do not make friends like this. But I got it. Nothing bonds you like motherhood. Nothing humbles you, scares you, elates you like being a parent and unfortunately as annoying as it my sound no one else understands this except other parents. And as you get older, friendships are different. You don't bond over Trapper Keepers or Irish Car bombs and Washington Apples anymore.

So yeah, I got it.

Becky, Kelly, Ayinde & Lia met at the perfect moment when the opportunity for friendship was just right. While women may be evil sometimes we are only that because we are emotional beings. So seeing another woman in pain we want to help. Especially, when at any time, we know we can and probably will become that woman.

Weiner's characters were not perfect. They made mistakes. They broke hearts, including their own sometimes. They were there for each other when they could be even when it wasn't a good time. They tried not to judge, but of course, that's impossible. But when they did, they tried to catch themselves. They helped heal each other, hold each other up and help each other move on. Lucky. If you could have one friend, just one, like these women find you are lucky.

Perhaps two is too low ... but i'm tired of giving so many books a 3 & needed some way to distinguish. The book weaves in the story of 4 new mother's lives and their adjustment to life with a newborn and some other issue that each experiences (death, adultery, interfering mother-in-laws, lazy husbands). As a working mom I've experienced some of those same issues and could relate but I really just didn't get that interested in any of their lives and often got bored listening to the story on my drives to and from work and would switch to a music station for a break, whereas a book I'd rate a 4 I can hardly wait to have an excuse to drive so I can listen to what's next in the story.

I kinda forgot to have children, so I can only relate so much to stories about pregnancy and childbirth.