A quick and easy read by one of my favorite Dutch essayists, Aaf Brandt Corstius. Like all of her regular readers from nrc.next, my mornings felt a little empty when Aaf went on maternity leave and I didn't have her column to read during my train commute anymore.. but Like Het jaar dat ik 30 werd, her breezy writing style has translated well into full-length book form.
Finding herself again pregnant just 4 months after the birth of her son, Aaf writes over pregnnacy, birth, and motherhood with humor and insight. With a toddler of my own to manage, what would have been a lightning-fast read turned into a little bit of plane reading, a little bit of gym reading, and a little bit of beach reading.