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My Wife as a Dog

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

May 5, 2024 by jeverett15 1 Comment

Have you ever considered that motherhood might not be all it’s cracked up to be? That a woman who had previously had a career she was passionate about, and free time to pursue her own creative pursuits and ambitions, might find taking care of an infant unfulfilling? Oh, and that the fact that motherhood wasn’t a joyous experience might fill the woman with doubt and anxiety, especially as she compares herself to the other mothers she encounters, who seem to be handling everything much better […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Rachel Yoder

jeverett15's CBR16 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Rachel Yoder ·
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Salty Dog

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

September 26, 2021 by Caesar's Wife 1 Comment

Something strange happens to you when you cross that threshold from ‘woman’ to ‘mother’. Time becomes elastic, thoughts become deafening, nights fill with waking while days fill with sleep, and sleep becomes an endless battle. There is a loneliness felt deep in your bones when you’re awake and feeding your young at 3am, the world around you still and quiet. It’s a moment in time that is hard to touch with stories and fiction. Brief yet endless. My son is now four and his baby […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Rachel Yoder

Caesar's Wife's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Rachel Yoder ·
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