Mothering Heights: A year of joy and survival in the trenches of early parenthood

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Following the year Rachael Mogan McIntosh gave birth to her third child and shapeshifted from wild to mild, Mothering Heights is an hilarious, moving celebration of early parenthood - written by a survivor.

As Rachael navigates her way through the confusing rules of modern-day motherhood and grapples with the crazy-making Sisyphean beast that is housework, her three children under five grow like weeds, eat like footballers and deliver non-stop comedic shenanigans.

Rachael adapts to the realisation that her old identity no longer quite fits, and neither do her trousers. The year is beyond tough but the hard-won wisdom of motherhood cracks her heart wide open. A comedy, tragedy and farcical romp all rolled into one, Mothering Heights is a love story about becoming a mother.

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Rachael Mogan McIntosh is a writer and crisis counsellor from the south coast of New South Wales. She's a mum of three (four if you include the dog; she does) and the author of Pardon My French, which tells the riotous story of a year spent in France with her young family. Her writing has appeared in publications across Australia, France and the USA. Rachael loves books, baths, coffee, podcasts, TV and Terry's Chocolate Orange, consuming them simultaneously whenever possible. Mothering Heights is her second book.