The Becoming: A collection of poetry and prose for every woman who has ever wondered where she went

A collection of poetry and prose for every version of a woman - the girl she was, the woman she became, the mother she is, and the soul she's still becoming.Deepna Somani's debut poetry collection follows one woman's journey from the carefree years before motherhood, through pregnancy, birth, and the sleepless early days, into the daily chaos and quiet grief of watching children grow - all the way to the empty nest, and the long view back.These poems don't rhyme. Life rarely does. They sit honestly inside the guilt that comes at 3am, the fury at how fast the years went, the ache of a closed bedroom door, and the fierce, ordinary joy of a Tuesday spent on the kitchen floor doing your daughter's hair.The Becoming is for the woman who danced alone in her kitchen before anyone needed her. For the woman who sat on the bathroom floor reading a pregnancy test. For the woman who let her child walk away and called it success while feeling the grief underneath.If you find yourself in these pages, that is the point.For readers of Kate Baer, Nikita Gill, and Jessica Urlichs - a raw, tender, and emotional take on what it means to lose yourself in motherhood, and find you were only ever becoming.