And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready

From What Should I Read Next episode 195—Wanted: Book enthusiast at large with Mary Laura Philpott: You might assume in a memoir about a woman getting pregnant and having a baby there must be some wild and crazy larger than life element, like you know, was she in college and she got accidentally pregnant? She had to decide what to do or did she get pregnant, and then her husband killed a bunch of people and went to jail? You know, what's the big twist? And there isn't a big twist. She was engaged, about to get married to this great guy. They just got pregnant a little earlier than they meant to and she had to wrap her mind around this big change happening in her life. This big permanent change, she just writes with such candid but really intelligent humor and introspection.