Beautiful Chaos, Jessica Urlichs
Beautiful Chaos, Jessica Urlichs
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Beautiful Chaos
On Motherhood, Finding Yourself, and Overwhelming Love

Author: Jessica Urlichs

Narrator: Jessica Urlichs

Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/29/2025

Synopsis

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
'The words awaken the magic of life by celebrating the ordinary' - Giovanna Fletcher

'Beautifully heartfelt, inspiringly poignant and therapeutically validating' - Anna Mathur

Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children, and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful Chaos is a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood - capturing everything from pregnancy to school age.

Upon becoming a mother, poet Jessica Urlichs was reminded that the everyday ordinary is extraordinary. Beautiful Chaos is a collection that chronicles it all - the highs, the lows, the confusion, the loss of identity, the becoming, and the brutal but beautiful ways our children hold up a mirrors to ourselves. This collection inspires vulnerability and will be a cathartic, healing read for anyone who needs it.

These poems will remind you of a time gone by or ground you in the current moment. Either way, they will make you feel seen and comforted amid the beautiful chaos that is motherhood.

About The Author

Jessica Urlichs is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Beautiful Chaos and a poet who lives in New Zealand with her husband and three children. She has written a variety of children's books to help babies and young children navigate their emotions in their early years. Jess’ honest and heartfelt poetry about her family and motherhood continues to be a source of guidance for mothers and parents alike around the world to connect.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mady on January 06, 2025

Jessica manages to capture so many intense and beautiful and confusing feelings of motherhood. It’s everything I’ve felt and thought and I imagine many moms would resonate with her words.......more

Goodreads review by Lucy on March 19, 2024

This is my first review, and only because this book is so incredibly deserving. An absolute masterpiece on motherhood. It sang to my heart.......more

Goodreads review by Elies on December 29, 2024

2024 has been one of the most intense, challenging, and beautiful years of my life. I am grateful for my healthy daughter who is discovering more and more of the world around her. It is a privilege to witness and be part of this journey. Also a year in which reading became a challenge, with fatigue a......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on January 20, 2025

Supermooi! Extra mooi in m'n weirde hormonale emotionele en zweverige fase de eerste maanden post partum haha maar daarna nog steeds heel mooi......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on February 26, 2026

These poems absolutely wrecked me. They were beautiful and I want them printed around my house. I love when motherhood can be written about in a way that makes me feel gratitude while also acknowledging the hard that goes with it.......more

Quotes

The poems are so beautifully observed and shared. The words awaken the magic of life by celebrating the ordinary. They remind you of what once was, while beautifully planting you in the now. I just want to go back to the start and read them all again. A beautiful companion to keep by my side.—Giovanna Fletcher

Jess’ words weave their way straight to the core of the motherhood experience. Beautifully heartfelt, inspiringly poignant and therapeutically validating—Anna Mathur, author of Raising a Happier Mother

Feeling seen and understood in motherhood is rare in our judgemental, advice laden world. Jess's beautiful words weave their way past your exhaustion, doubt and guilt - straight to soothe your soul. Reading this book feels like a much needed long exhale.—Zoe Blaskey, Founder of Motherkind

Jess guides you right into the heart of motherhood with her poignant and piercing style and is unafraid to take you into the tender places of life as a mother. Beautiful Chaos will remind you of the joyous moments, the moments that bring tears to your eyes, and the moments you find yourself on your knees. Above all this new collection of Jess’s beautiful poetry reassures you that you are not alone. Jess' words are healing, powerful, honest and raw. She takes me right back to those tender newborn days, the mayhem of toddlerhood, and through life with a growing child, and in doing so reminds me of just how far I have come.—Tracy Gillett - Raised Good

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