Motherland
by Barb Higgins
You must sign in to see if this title is available for request. Sign In or Register Now
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date May 12 2024 | Archive Date Jun 15 2024
Talking about this book? Use #Motherland #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
Is it ever possible to recover from the loss of a child?
Amidst a tumultuous life of divorce, addiction, and destructive relationships, Barb finds herself on the brink of collapse. Little does she know that her world is about to shatter even further with the sudden death of her 13-year-old daughter, Molly.
From the agonizing moment when Molly was rushed to the emergency room with excruciating headaches to the heart-wrenching decision to disconnect her from life support, Barb confronts the reckoning of a lifetime. She grapples with the haunting question of responsibility: Could she have altered the course of events during those sixteen crucial hours?
In the days, months, and years that follow, Barb navigates the treacherous territory she dubs Motherland—a realm characterized by heartbreak and beauty, hope and devastation, self-doubt and grief, blame and loss. With determination, she takes countless small steps toward healing and rediscovering hope.
At the age of 57, Barb makes a brave and radical decision: she has another baby. This transformative experience reshapes her understanding of Motherland, redefining the meaning of motherhood late in life and illuminating the significance of this new life against the backdrop of Molly's untimely death.
Soul-searching, heart-wrenching, and unflinchingly honest, Motherland is both an achingly intimate memoir of a remarkable woman’s experience of child loss and motherhood and a powerful call to reevaluate society’s treatment and support of women, regardless of age.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"Powerful, honest and gut-wrenching." - Paul Brogan, author
"Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming." - Dave Cummings, former editor and columnist, The Concord Monitor
"Motherland is an insightful, searingly honest, and incisive exploration of child loss." - Margaret Porter, author
Marketing Plan
Reading and event opportunities (live and virtual)
Book club selection
Goodreads giveaways
Social media outreach and ad-buys
Kirkus, Publishers Weekly reviews
Publications/newspapers/book bloggers contacted for reviews, interviews, and features
Guest on radio and podcast shows
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9798891320611 |
PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 272 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
A heartbreaking and honest memoir from a woman who lost her 13-year-old daughter suddenly from a brain tumor (that went undiagnosed) and the aftermath of that loss, including her decision to have another child at 57. I am not a mother myself, but I imagine this story would take on a special significance for someone with children. While maybe not the primary focus, I think this book also serves as a harrowing and intimate look at how the healthcare system can fail people in devastating ways.
This was heartbreaking and just shows what the aftermath looks like after losing a child to a brain tumor that was undiagnosed.
Being a mother, I just cannot imagine and this gives the true look at what it would be like and made you feel like you were right there with the mother.
Unfortunately this also gives the realistic atmosphere of what the heathcare system does when it fails people and not in a good way. The author did very well with the story and it was just well written and anyone that doesn't read the synopsis may not be prepared.
Will recommend the book with triggers so that who i recommend will know.
Thanks NetGalley for letting me read and review.
Readers who liked this book also liked:
Jodi Picoult; Jennifer Finney Boylan
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Elizabeth Passarella
Essays & Collections, Humor & Satire, Religion & Spirituality