Episode 20: 'Matrescence' Is Not A Dirty Word with Lucy Jones
The Mother Of It All · The Mother Of It All
May 6, 20241h 12m
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Show Notes
Sarah and Miranda talk to Lucy Jones, author of the book Matrescence, out May 7th, about how becoming a mother is truly a biopsychosocial evolution, how motherhood in nature is more often about chaos and violence than dyads and instincts, Kafka’s Metamorphosis, and our favorite Bluey episodes.
Links:
* Order Lucy’s book, Matrescence
* Alexandra Sacks’ The Birth of a Mother in the NY TImes
* The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush
* Sarah’s favorite Bluey episode
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