{"product_id":"perfect-motherhood-a-novel-of-trauma-survival-estrangement-and-imperfect-love-9798196409738","title":"Perfect Motherhood: A Novel of Trauma, Survival, Estrangement, and Imperfect Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): S. Walker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect motherhood was never the goal. Survival was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this haunting and emotionally raw autofiction memoir, S. Walker dismantles the cultural myth of the \"perfect mother\" through a deeply intimate exploration of trauma, domestic violence, estrangement, survival, grief, and enduring love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through fragmented memory, reflective narration, courtroom trauma, quiet domestic moments, and the sacred rituals of motherhood, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e follows one woman's journey through abusive relationships, custody battles, parental alienation, illness, survival, and the devastating complexity of loving children imperfectly while trying desperately to protect them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the story is a mother who loses and regains pieces of herself repeatedly: \u003cbr\u003ein courtrooms, \u003cbr\u003ein hospitals, \u003cbr\u003ein school pickup lines, \u003cbr\u003ein empty passenger seats, \u003cbr\u003eand in the silence left behind when children begin becoming people beyond her reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither self-help nor traditional memoir, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e exists in the space between literary autofiction and maternal reckoning. It is an unflinching meditation on what happens when women are expected to heal silently, parent flawlessly, and survive publicly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of emotionally immersive literary memoirs dealing with trauma, motherhood, attachment, estrangement, resilience, and family systems, this book offers not easy answers, but radical honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause motherhood was never meant to be perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969386725527,"sku":"9798196409738","price":1246.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196409738.webp?v=1782921610","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/perfect-motherhood-a-novel-of-trauma-survival-estrangement-and-imperfect-love-9798196409738","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}