Little Astronaut
Andrews McMeel Publishing · Hardcover · September 20, 2022
A poetry collection about the beautiful and disorienting period of new motherhood, exploring an experience both otherworldly and very, very human.
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- Who it’s for
- These poems hold the early days of motherhood as both disorienting and wondrously human.
- Themes
- New motherhood, Early motherhood’s challenges and wonder
- Genres
- Family Poems, Motherhood, American Poetry
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A poetry collection about the beautiful and disorienting period of new motherhood, exploring an experience both otherworldly and very, very human. A poetry collection about the beautiful and disorienting period of new motherhood, exploring an experience both otherworldly and very, very human. little astronaut is a fully revised and updated edition of the limited-release poetry collection by critically acclaimed poet J. Hope Stein.
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Featuring over 50 pages of new poems this book brings to vivid life the deeply personal—and also incredibly relatable—challenging and magical early days of new motherhood.
New Motherhood, In Verse
These poems hold the early days of motherhood as both disorienting and wondrously human.
Come here for
- Poetry that makes room for motherhood’s beauty and bewilderment
- A personal subject rendered deeply relatable
Expect
- A vivid collection about the early days of new motherhood
- A revised edition with over 50 pages of new poems
Where it sits
| Motherhood | 79% |
|---|---|
| Family Poems | 63% |
| American Poetry | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Motherhood
- Love Poetry
- Family Poems
- Women Poets
- Authors
- J. Hope Stein
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Published
- September 20, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- New motherhood · Early motherhood’s challenges and wonder
- Reading lane
- Motherhood