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sophie_hamer's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
4.5
sutherlaura's review against another edition
5.0
The most important thing I have read in a long time. Holly's words are bitterly painful yet true, these are words everyone needs to hear.
rachael_nz's review against another edition
5.0
Oh this made me cry and was v validating to read as a mum who deals with anxiety and perfectionism. This book felt genuine, confident in its vulnerability, meaningful and thought provoking.
Some of the stuff she wrote about biological imperatives and newborns and division of domestic labour I wanted to... Not argue with, but discuss over a beer with her lol. I get it and I liked attachment parenting theory when my kid was a baby but I absolutely concluded it played out in very uneven ways re:gendered labour.
Some of the stuff she wrote about biological imperatives and newborns and division of domestic labour I wanted to... Not argue with, but discuss over a beer with her lol. I get it and I liked attachment parenting theory when my kid was a baby but I absolutely concluded it played out in very uneven ways re:gendered labour.
marryallthepeople's review against another edition
5.0
I can't stop thinking about this book and how the author (who is also a friend, full disclosure, as New Zealand is too small!) totally 'gets' my feelings about juggling life, motherhood, career, health issues, and feelings. So many FEELINGS that I also have daily.
Breath, be strong, hear me roar.
xx
Breath, be strong, hear me roar.
xx
kaydee's review against another edition
5.0
'I leaned in so far I fell over and cracked into little pieces'
In this small but important book Walker recounts her experience as a New Zealand parliamentarian, her eventual resignation when the pressures of a political career and family life became too much and her subsequent exploration of women writers as a kind of recovery.
I related to so much of Walker's story. It's very clear that the system is broken, if only there was an easy fix.
In this small but important book Walker recounts her experience as a New Zealand parliamentarian, her eventual resignation when the pressures of a political career and family life became too much and her subsequent exploration of women writers as a kind of recovery.
I related to so much of Walker's story. It's very clear that the system is broken, if only there was an easy fix.
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