Television for Women

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For fans of Nightbitch, a darkly humorous debut novel asks what happens when motherhood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be . . .
Estie isn’t sure she likes being eight months pregnant. She isn’t even sure she likes her husband anymore, especially after he hid that he’s been fired from his job. Hello parenthood! Goodbye life as Estie imagined it! Now, she’s stranded and bloated and alone. Her cat is not a people person, and on top of it all, her best friend has been ignoring her calls ever since Estie told her about the baby.
After Estie gives birth, she begins to suspect that all the stories she’s been told about motherhood might not be true. Having a child does not “complete” her. And that mythical connection with her baby? Well, she’s still waiting. In fact, Estie fears she is destined to end up like her own mother—divorced and crying in the bathroom while her daughter stands outside the door and wonders if she’s okay.
Startlingly honest and unsentimental, Television for Women explores the realities of life postpartum, the demands children make on women’s identities and relationships—and the desperate lengths someone might go to in order to reclaim the person she once was.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Melville House
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 24, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1685891837
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1685891831
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.48 x 0.72 x 8.22 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #436,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,460 in Friendship Fiction (Books) #5,325 in Women’s Domestic Life Fiction #5,556 in Family Life Fiction (Books)
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