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In this radical, funny, and mercilessly honest novel about motherhood, Anna is utterly lost after giving birth. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf the new mother, who obsessively devours online news and buys clothes she can’t afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, Anna forces herself to read and write. 'My work' is a novel about the unique and fundamental experience of motherhood: it mixes fiction, essays, poetry, memoir, and letters to explore the thorny, twisted ties between pregnancy, maternity, capitalism, work, art, individuality, and literature.
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0Postpartum depression is an under explored topic and I valued this creative exploration of both the self eviscerating challenge of motherhood and the self exploration freedoms of writing.
I liked some of the forms (such as short journal entries and scripted dialogues) immensely but found the poetry a bit meh and some of the prose slow going.
If you read for pleasure (which I primarily do) then not sure this book is for you. If you read for the art of writing, pick this up and enjoy.
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