ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: GLAMOUR KIRKUS REVIEWS The women in Polly Rosenwaike s Look
How Happy I'm Making You want to be mothers or aren t sure they want to be mothers or having
recently given birth are overwhelmed by what they ve wrought. One woman struggling with
infertility deals with the news that her sister is pregnant. Another nervous about her
biological clock forgets to take her birth control while dating a younger man and must
confront the possibility of becoming a single parent. Four motherless women who meet in a bar
every Mother s Day contend with their losses and what it would mean for one of them to have a
child. Clever empathetic and precisely observed these stories offer rare honest portrayals
of pregnancy and new motherhood in a culture obsessed with women s most intimate choices.
