Adult Conversation

Name: Adult Conversation
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Brandy Ferner
ISBN: 9781666547009

Author: Brandy Ferner

Narrator: Brandy Ferner

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brandy Ferner

Published: 12/15/2020

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Humorous, Friendship

Synopsis

April is a thoughtful yet sarcastic mother of two who tries her best to be a caring, connected mom in a middle-class culture where motherhood has become relentless. April rages at modern motherhood’s impossible pressures, her husband’s “Dad privilege”, and her kids’ incessant snack requests. She wants to enjoy motherhood, but her idealist vision and lived experience are in constant conflict with one another. Is she broken—or is motherhood? Desperate for an answer, she seeks out a therapist, and lands with an unexpected woman whose validation and wisdom gives April the clarity to reclaim herself and even start designing clothes—her pre-motherhood passion. But when the ever-elusive babysitter cancels last-minute, April finds herself back at square one. She seeks guidance, but her therapist is now dealing with her own crumbling marriage—and instead of counseling April, she convinces her to speed off to Las Vegas to help catch her husband cheating. With a little weed, alcohol, and topless pool hopping, plus a male stripper and some much-needed autonomy, the two find lost pieces of themselves that motherhood swallowed up. But neither one is prepared for how tested—and tempted—they will be, or for the life-altering choices their journey will force them to make. Who is guiding whom anymore?

About Brandy Ferner

Brandy Ferner is the host of a "real talk about motherhood" podcast called Adult Conversation and has contributed to Romper, Huffpost, Mock Mom, and others. In addition to writing, she has spent the last decade working as a doula, childbirth educator, and birth-trauma mentor. She currently resides in Southern California, and her love language is sleep.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Regina on December 31, 2020

A stay-at-home mom deals with crap – both literal and figural – from her kids, her husband, and life itself. This book is hilarious. Since humor can be subjective, I’ll admit the author has given the main character my exact brand of it. She’s sarcastic, witty, immature at times, and often inappropri......more

Goodreads review by Asheley T. on May 13, 2020

I read this over Mother's Day weekend and loved it. April is disorganized and harried. She feels like her days are filled with constant snacks, play dates, and bedtime stories. She thinks often about the days before-before she had her children, when she and her husband had plenty of time to do the a......more

Goodreads review by Jewel on February 11, 2020

While reading this book I was thinking how is it that I’m sitting here half way across the world reading a book set in a different culture, different country and I’m connecting with it on so many levels All the stuff about parenting I got it. But after a few chapters the book lost its charm, every ti......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 04, 2020

This book speaks to so many of the hard, maddening, and beautiful truths of modern motherhood while also managing to be hilarious. Reading it is like feeling heard by your best girlfriend who then manages to make you laugh anyway and then tells you a crazy story to put things in perspective.......more

Goodreads review by Jesse Reads on May 12, 2020

This book had no plot. Unfortunately, this just missed the mark for me. There was no plot to be had here. I was looking forward to the narrative the summary promised, but it ended up not showing up until about 75% through the book, and then it was over and done within pages. The lead up was a day to......more