Carole's Reviews > The Upstairs House

An exploration of the postpartum experience, this book brought me right back to the early days with my own daughter, the ambivalent feelings about new motherhood, the exhaustion and self-doubt, along with the fierce need to protect this baby with everything I had even if I wasn't awash in maternal love. My "baby blues" lasted a few days, this character's deepens into depression and then some. Some of it left me with more questions than answers but that's not a bad thing. Definitely recommended.