Parenthood can be a time of great inner turmoil for a woman. Yet parenting books invariably focus on nurturing children rather than the mothers who struggle to raise them. This book is different. It is a book for Mothers.
The author feels that most books, which set out to help parents, present a picture of perfection that most real people find impossible to emulate. Here, she shows how to have compassion for yourself when everything becomes just too much, and yet have strategies to work your way through times when you are emotionally overwhelmed.
This book has been a best seller, largely because of word of mouth. It appears to have been extremely helpful to a lot of mothers, who then recommend it to others with high praise.