After reading Sarah Rettger's review of SECRET KEEPER (Random House, January 2009), I reacted like an anxious mommy-in-waiting when the OB says, "Hey, you're baby's doing great!"
A sigh of relief, settling back in the chair, a quick, loving pat of the metaphorical tummy.
Although pregnancy's not quite like the pre-publication jitters, is it?
After all, nobody's going to tell a mommy exactly how ugly her baby is in a crisp, well-written paragraph or two, but gatekeepers of literature feel that freedom, and rightfully so.
3 comments:
Oh, what a lovely review! Can't wait to read it.
Hmmm.
After all, nobody's going to tell a mommy exactly how ugly her baby is in a crisp, well-written paragraph or two, but gatekeepers of literature feel that freedom, and rightfully so.
That's such a funny statement... it's hard to accept, but it's true. And we do feel an anxiety that is much akin to that of a new mother. Congratulations on a great review!
Thanks to you, I now have an image of an OB handing over a newborn and informing the mother that she does, in fact, have an ugly baby.
Not yours, though!
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