A cross between We Need To Talk About Kevin & Fifty Shades...

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Just finished Wounding by Heidi James. Holy Mother of God, it rocks your world. This is a book about motherhood to end all books! Shaking at the end like you wouldn't believe, so unsettling on an everyday level. Literally did end up wounding myself as scrapped hand on the locker at the gym after I'd finished. Life mimicking art!

This is such a book for Mumsnet. Would love love love to hear others thoughts on such a frank book. Cora (the main character) must have PND?? We may all have flashes of what she feels...anyway I urge to read as discussion on these issues/ambiguities is so needed...

I love this discussion about Wounding! I have just finished it and I couldn't agree more with all your comments! I have been nodding my head ferociously reading them! I also found great delight in, finally, a book that allows mothers to say "thank goodness, I'm normal!" I'm sure we have all felt like Cora in some way at some point but feel it shows some form of weakness by not always coping or having "un motherly" feelings towards your children, which again, if we were honest, we've all felt at some point. It doesn't mean we're bad people. We all felt utterly sorry for Cora. I found myself talking out loud, groaning in sympathy for Cora throughout, which I've never done reading a book! Beautifully written, very clever. Especially showing both sides of the story. It was so interesting reading both points of view/feelings, him thinking the exact opposite of what she was feeling.. I thoroughly enjoyed it! A must read.. P.S katiestew, found this link via amazon re author...

www.amazon.co.uk/Heidi-James/e/B00IA9YO1O/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1399983125&sr=8-1

Thanks, Iamijaav! She sounds interesting… Mumsnet should interview her.
Page 83… When the husband basically says Cora doesn't know how she's feels, the doctor does because he's the expert… oh my god.