Other Than Mother: Relatable Family Life Fiction about motherhood, loss of identity, and the overwhelmingly suffocating moments

Motherhood is not all bedtime stories, bear hugs, picking flowers, and drawings on the fridge, right? It's freaking hard. Sometimes overwhelmingly, suffocatingly, identity-shatteringly, soul-destroyingly HARD. If you can relate and want to feel seen, then Other Than Mother is the book for you.

Searching for relatable family life fiction about motherhood?

This book is it.

Becky Tenneree is a burned-out mother of four who needs to get some time away from the suffocating and soul-destroying task of parenthood.

Deciding to accept a job opportunity was meant to be a good thing.

It was meant to give Becky time away from her volatile eldest daughter, and days where she does more than break up fights and wipe pooey bums. Instead, Becky finds herself losing her marriage and her identity (although not her children).

As things go from bad to worse, Becky has to rediscover who she is and exactly what she wants from life...

before she ends up with nothing.

I know that you get it. I mean, yes, parenthood is an incredible blessing and we adore our little horrorheads. I don't regret them for a second.... But... if I'm honest... well, there have been moments.

Other Than Mother captures those moments and stays there. It is honest, raw, and real. RELATABLE fiction about motherhood.

Check out this message I received from one of my early readers:

I'm up to chapter 4 and oh my god, I love that this book so far reflects a household that isn't perfection. So many books i read, everyone is well behaved and put together, this book resonates with me so much lol

This makes me so happy, because it is exactly what I was hoping to do.

So, if you're one of the mothers in the midst of the parenting crazy, surrounded by screaming, rage, hormones, sleepless nights, a messy house, and people who don't understand, then why would you spend the meagre moments that you have reading a book about the same thing? Wouldn't you want to escape from that crap?

Feedback from early readers of 'Other Than Mother'

Ahh, friend, I am so glad you asked. If this sounds like you, then you NEED to read this book, because it will help to remind you that you are not alone. You are not the worst parent in the world. Hundreds of thousands of other mothers are sitting in their homes, feeling the same dismay that you do.

"But I have neurodivergent children!" You say. "Nobody else could possibly understand."

Wrong. Becky does. We can relate to that, too.

Now, I'm going to tell you what this book is NOT.

This book is not a pity party.

This book is a wake-up call.

This book carries a message of hope.

This relatable story about a mother of four who feels suffocated by the pressures of parenthood and makes all the wrong decisions while trying to get some space...

She has a very important message to tell you.

Becky is worth listening to.

Order your copy of Other Than Mother now.

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Let me know what you think.

Love,

Marley