francesca lia block writes baby magic
6 Apr
My cousin Ryan (also known as Ry, Ry-Ry, Shadow, Ace, and Boo) gave me a book by Francesca Lia Block for Valentines Day. The book is called Guarding the Moon: A Mother’s First Year. It took me a while to finish it because my book reading time is limited to ten-minute blocks every few days, but I really enjoyed it.
Guarding the Moon is a memoir about the author’s first year as a mother. The book is raw in its honesty, but not in a down in the trenches way. She speaks of the brutal realities of motherhood: the exhaustion, breast infections, fears, both real and imagined. But, while many motherhood memoirs seem stuck in the point-of-view of a victim, focusing heavily on the sacrifices we make, Francesca’s perspective is always blanketed in gratitude. (more…)
