In We Loved It All, Lydia Millet crafts a poignant narrative that is both a reflection on modern society and an intimate exploration of personal resilience and hope. As a new mother with a two-year-old daughter, I found this work profoundly resonant, capturing the anxieties and joys of parenthood in a world teetering on the brink of ecological and social upheaval. Right at the beginning of the book, Millet drew me in with her evocative imagery of the world – a paradise in the past. And when I read the words, “When you turn into a mother you lose the power of coldness,” I was hers ...
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