Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them

Mothers Before is a powerful and moving collection of essays and photographs that explore the lives of women before they became mothers.

Edited by New York Times-bestselling novelist Edan Lepucki, this remarkable book brings together more than sixty original contributions from writers and poets, artists and teachers, revealing vulnerable and true stories that are sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always moving.

With a foreword by Lepucki herself, Mothers Before is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the lives of women before they became mothers.