Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for the eARC!

This book was GORGEOUS!! Simpson is a phenomenal writer, and I loved the different formats she used in this book. It's a beautiful meditation on life and its complexities: grief, family, growing up, poverty, mental illness, overcoming, hope.
The book is not terribly long, but it's just so good. I know it's a book I'll pick up again and again, and I know it will be a help to me when my own mother passes.
I loved the way Simpson spoke about her mother. She didn't shy away from the hard parts or the gritty parts. Or her own emotions about her mother. But she also welcomed you in her world and explained her mother in different ways throughout the book.
I loved her connection to her sister, and I love that Simpson left room for them each to have their own interpretation of their mother.
Truly a one-of-a-kind book, and I can't wait to see what else Simpson writes in the future!

Such a beautifully written memoir. So much beauty even within the pain. I look forward to reading more from Erika Simpson. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

named top ten most anticipated and blurbed by the magnificent roxane gay for good reason. This Is Your Mother demands attention from readers everywhere; an intensely emotional but beautiful reflection on girlhood, motherhood, and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter despite hardships. Simpson weaves the story of her own life as well as her mothers to show readers who she is without her mom, and because of her. a heart-warming memoir for the masses.

this memoir was so beautifully written and i'm still marinating the emotions that i had after i was done reading it. it made me smile, laugh, warmed my heart and UGLY CRIED throughout the end.

this is a must read for EVERYBODY.

thank you for giving me an opportunity to read it early