Surrendering to Motherhood: Losing Your Mind, Finding Your Soul - Softcover

Krasnow, Iris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985134097 ISBN 13: 9780985134099

Publisher: Ibkbooks, 1998

Synopsis

Surrendering To Motherhood - Losing Your Mind, Finding Your Soul is a life-changing book that send a message to the author's own generation of women programmed to "have it all," great jobs and great families.  As her provocative and passionate book unfolds, Krasnow shows readers through personal experiences and powerful ancedotes the importance of streamlining big careers, so they can savor this moment while their children are young and growing. Her underlying message is this: The fleeing moment of childhood is over in a fingersnap, so don't miss that magical time.  "We can always go back to our big jobs; we can never go back to the times when our children were young and needy. Soon, too soon, your cuddly babies will be stubble-faced teenagers going off to college. So be there, now, as much as you can," writes Krasnow, formerly the national feature writer for United Press International.  Now an author and professor in the School of Communications at American University, Krasnow left her job in daily journalism when, at the age of 39, she gave birth to twins and she and her husband were suddenly parents of four sons, ages three and under. Her children captured her, forcing her to, happily, climb down the ladder into her messy kitchen and living room As she writes: "Having small kids is like the last day of summer vacation, when you are savoring ever second coming at you, when you merge with that wonderful, intense, central part of Being - the sun on your face, the sand at your feet. My children finally forced me to stop, to be present in the present, and to be happy at that destination. Immersed in the glory of my kids, I abandoned the relentless desire to climb higher and higher."  This books shows others how to surrender to what Krasnow calls "the spectacular cacophony" of our kids.

About this title

From Library Journal

Krasnow, a freelance journalist who has worked for the Washington Post and UPI, begins her memoir by remarking, "after years of trying to find power in various gurus, interviews with movie stars, senators, and even a queen, surrendering to motherhood was the most liberating and powerful thing" she ever did. In great detail, Krasnow takes us through her life as a child growing up in Chicago, college in California, glamorous jobs, a string of exotic boyfriends, and success in her field. She still felt "something huge was missing." After various quests, she married and is now the mother of four boys under seven and has surrendered to days of diapers and educating her sons. By the end of the book, she has realized that no one can have it all, that sometimes more is just more. We know that out of the havoc she has found peace. Her book is a bit whiny and filled with too much "me generation" angst. Still, the writing is first-rate. Recommended for general collections.?Susan Dearstyne, Hudson Valley Cty. Coll., Albany, N.Y.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ibkbooks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0985134097
• ISBN 13: 9780985134099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228