Perfect Motherhood: A Novel of Trauma, Survival, Estrangement, and Imperfect Love, (Paperback)

<p>Perfect motherhood was never the goal. Survival was.</p><p>In this haunting and emotionally raw autofiction memoir, S. Walker dismantles the cultural myth of the "perfect mother" through a deeply intimate exploration of trauma, domestic violence, estrangement, survival, grief, and enduring love.</p><p>Told through fragmented memory, reflective narration, courtroom trauma, quiet domestic moments, and the sacred rituals of motherhood, <i>Perfect Motherhood</i> follows one woman's journey through abusive relationships, custody battles, parental alienation, illness, survival, and the devastating complexity of loving children imperfectly while trying desperately to protect them.</p><p>At the center of the story is a mother who loses and regains pieces of herself repeatedly: <br>in courtrooms, <br>in hospitals, <br>in school pickup lines, <br>in empty passenger seats, <br>and in the silence left behind when children begin becoming people beyond her reach.</p><p>Neither self-help nor traditional memoir, <i>Perfect Motherhood</i> exists in the space between literary autofiction and maternal reckoning. It is an unflinching meditation on what happens when women are expected to heal silently, parent flawlessly, and survive publicly.</p><p>For readers of emotionally immersive literary memoirs dealing with trauma, motherhood, attachment, estrangement, resilience, and family systems, this book offers not easy answers, but radical honesty.</p><p>Because motherhood was never meant to be perfect.</p><p>Only human.</p>

• Perfect Motherhood: A Novel of Trauma, Survival, Estrangement, and Imperfect Love, (Paperback)
• Author: Walker
• ISBN: 9798196409738
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-10
• Page Count: 138