Between diapers, the hunt for a daycare place and the pediatrician, there is hardly any time left for the parents themselves. Author Isabell Prophet has hit her own limits at full speed. About a breakdown – and how she then completely rebuilt her life with a baby.
It’s called parental leave or still “maternity leave”. Sounds relaxed: vacation, no work, cuddling the baby. Why do we need a book for this?
Both labels promise something we don’t get: time and vacation. Parental leave begins with our ideas, wishes and hopes, but also with worries. Everywhere we read: Parents never have time for themselves. Mothers on parental leave fight – hopelessly – against housework, children screaming and high expectations. I didn’t want to believe that. So I looked for a way to live differently.