Rachel Aviv Reframes Motherhood Through Wide-Ranging Essays
TL;DR
In her new collection You Won’t Get Free of It, Rachel Aviv refuses to confine motherhood to sentimentality, instead weaving archival reporting, personal memory, and life-spanning portraits to map the complexities of mothers and daughters. The essays expand beyond single-case studies (including Linda Bishop and Alice Munro) to illuminate how trauma, identity, and care intersect, reflecting Aviv’s own experiences as a mother and a journalist. The book is published in the US by Knopf and in the UK by Fern Press on July 9.
- Rachel Aviv: ‘There’s a way of writing about motherhood that can be very sentimental and boring’ The Guardian
- Book Review: ‘You Won’t Get Free of It,’ by Rachel Aviv The New York Times
- The Beginning of the Story Los Angeles Review of Books
- Rachel Aviv by Yvonne Conza BOMB Magazine
- I wanted to believe that motherhood wouldn’t change me — I was wrong The Times
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