false 1954805 1 <div><i>Rockabye</i> is the lively memoir of a spontaneous young city-girl who becomes unexpectedly pregnant. That city-girl is Rebecca Woolf, who at 23, after the "holy shit, I'm pregnant" realization, decides to keep the baby, marry the boyfriend (in Vegas no less), and figure out how to wed her rock n' roll lifestyle and impending motherhood.<br><br>With humor, honesty, and renegade insight, Rebecca makes the transition from life as an odd-job doing commitment-phobic, chain-smoking, irresponsible party-girl to life as a work-at-home mother with a different kind of social life. Throughout, Rebecca doesn't relinquish the token qualities of her free-spirited, pre-baby self; rebelling against both the "soccer mom," and "young mother" stereotypes, challenging herself to grow up without outgrowing her dreams, and most importantly embracing motherhood without a map.<br><br><i>Rockabye</i> explores the coming together of mother and son and their mutual coming of age. How does Rebecca adapt to motherhood? By acting on instinct and maintaining a strong sense of self, breaking rules (sometimes her own) in the process and building her own adventures out of legos and alphabet blocks.</div> 1957748 1 4 2008 Rockabye: A Young Mom's Journey from Wild to Child total:188|5:69|4:60|3:43|2:14|1:2| 188 744 394 57 5 8 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 28 10:41:34 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 14 08:52:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 07:26:52 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 03:37:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 10 10:11:49 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 30 05:06:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 21:03:44 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 21:06:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 06:33:50 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 06:35:59 -0700 2008 5 2 false false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 11 06:04:54 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 12 07:39:30 -0700 2008 I have been a loyal reader of Rebecca Woolf's since back in the days of the Pointy Toe Shoe Factory. This has been a journey that many of us have been riding in the Rebecca's VW carseat on the information superhig...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 13:29:26 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 11:16:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 10:21:53 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 10:22:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jun 05 13:41:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 15:01:17 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 03 12:47:27 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 28 09:30:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 23 11:40:54 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 11:41:20 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Sun Apr 20 08:18:06 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 08:23:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 06:18:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 13:29:52 -0800 2008
I enjoyed reading about Woolf becoming a family with her new husband and newborn son, both unexpected. It was nice to read that she has a healthy, positive, supportive relationship with her or...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 15:19:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:47:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 11:20:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 15:15:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 20 12:11:41 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 12:14:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:34:58 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 00:47:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 07:53:39 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 13:39:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:02:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:37:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 20:05:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:36:44 -0700 2009
Most of this memoir just felt lifeless. Woolf tells us that there was personal and marital conflict, but I had no sense of that while reading. She lists tons of reasons why she shouldn't have a kid, but why did she, personally, decide to do it?...more...]]>