The Mother Dance

I'm a fan of the audiobooks of this authors work because of the slightly patrician, authoritative tone. This was the best yet, the book I wish I had read when my children were very young. It validated many complicated feelings, gave me lots to think about, and was a powerful reading experience.......more

Written in the 90’s but still relatable today. I resonated more with the second part of this book. While there’s no manual on mothering, Harriet Lerner uses actual examples and doesn’t impose her beliefs but leaves the reader to come to their own assumptions. I especially loved how she addressed tal......more

This is what I imagine it must be like to have a feminist psychologist cool aunt sit you down while pregnant and tell you "like it is". It's thoughtful and irreverent about parenting in a very 2nd Wave, pre-Attachment way (the book is from 1998 and her kids are born in 1975 and 1979), which is very......more

Reading Harriet Lerner is like talking with that great friend you have -- the one who's funny, insightful, and opinionated but sufficiently endearing that you can forgive her shooting her mouth off. That said, I didn't find this book nearly as insightful as "The Dance of Anger." Harriet gave a voice......more

I decided to read this despite not being a mum because I wanted to expand my empathic capacity, broaden my horizons as a lifelong learner, deepen my understanding of who my mother is in relation to who I am, and move one small but significant step closer towards healing and reconciliation with my pa......more