Not The Way You Expect: A Collection of Words on Motherhood

Nineteen writers share poems, prose, and short stories capturing the wonderful, the painful, and everything between. It's nearly impossible to feel nothing about motherhood. Each of us comes from a mother, in fact. We adore them, we resent them, we miss them, we are them. This book of poems, prose, and short stories is a collection of words on all shades of motherhood. The wonderful, the painful, and everything between. Motherhood isn't a monolith, after all. And it's almost never what you expect. Contributors: Beth AblesEmily BarnettMandy BlankenshipNancy BoppNicole BougieKatie Ellen BowersAdrienne BurrisNicole FernandesAlex GeorgeShannon GreeneLindsey DeLoach JonesLorna MillsBrandon Seabrook NelsonCourtney ParahamStephen PhillipsMoe RiceBethany StedmanKatie StewartAngie Toole Thompson