I’m not really a chick-lit fan, but when this book came up on offer in our reading group, something about it clicked with me and I decided to give it a try. Little Earthquakes
I loved that the moms were dedicated to breastfeeding and had a tough time getting started. Breastfeeding is difficult at first and nobody seems to want to tell pregnant women this. I remember thinking that I would just know what to do when the baby was there and everything would be perfect. Wrong. This book doesn’t perpetuate that myth. The women struggle and are ultimately successful. There is also baby-wearing by several of the characters and one co-sleeps.
The moms struggle with what it means to be a mom, and with the readjustment needed when your family goes from two to three, and how that can grow (or cause difficulties with) your relationship with your spouse. While none of their lives were wholly realistic (this is chick-lit, afterall), I found aspects of all their lives that I could relate to, or knew people who were in similar situations.
It’s not great literature, but I found it to be an entertaining, quick, summer read. I enjoyed it so much I immediately ordered Jennifer Weiner’s first novel, Good in Bed, about a plus-size woman whose ex-boyfriend starts writing a column for a women’s magazine about his sex life with a “larger” woman. I was disappointed, it was really far-fetched, but fans of chick-lit may like it.
Do you have any suggestions of a good novel involving parenting?
A warning for some readers, there are situations in the book that some people may not want to read about…*SPOILER ALERT*…the death of a child and infidelity by a spouse.
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I have all her books because good in bed was delightful. its a little more than fluff, but not quite lit.
Little earthquakes was the weakest of her offerings.
I can lend you In Her Shoes or Goodnight Nobody (not as good).