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Babybytes: Becoming a Mom as the World Locked Down
Babybytes prose and poetry is a hopeful collection of the first nine months of motherhood. Whether it is giving birth during lockdown or forgetting to pack the sunhat, Libby Jeffrey embraces humour and honesty to explore the dramatic identity change of becoming a mom.
Jeffrey’s reflective, rhythmic writing prompts reflection for new parents. After grounding the book in the birth of her own son, themes of maternal lineage and creativity as an act of hope provides an inspired reminder that new moms have more in common than differences.
Babybytes promises to create a feeling of belonging through shared experiences of motherhood, vulnerably told.
PRAISE FOR BABYBYTES
“Libby Jeffrey gently pulls you into the rapture of new motherhood while also steadying against the surrealism of a burgeoning pandemic. The poems in this collection capture both a reverence for an earthy existence and a familiar ambivalence about embracing a device-reliant future.” - Amelia Sherry
"As you read, expect your heart to open, your mouth to smile and laugh, and your soul to remember those precious moments so eloquently captured in these poems. A powerful reminder to connect to our babies and ourselves." - Violet Lange
Libby Jeffrey became a mother and a poet during the COVID-19 pandemic. What I want to know is HOW did she ALSO find the time to write/revise/publish Babybytes, her debut? Though writing about motherhood is almost as old as motherhood itself, the thirty poems in this collection are awestruck and tired, mourning and jubilant. And Jeffrey emerges from the isolation of pandemic motherhood with lines like “Tiny fingers / wrapped my digit / in a wrinkled, dimpled /time travel suit.” - Ariel Gordon, author of TreeTalk (At Bay Press).
"The author lovingly encapsulates the true beauty of motherhood–that year of firsts with all its wonders and fears. If you're a new mom, or a much older mom like me, you'll relate to the images and feelings this book evokes. You'll be transported back to your own firsts in this delightful and nostalgia-filled read. A journey you'll want to take over and over again." - Lori Rodriguez
Jeffrey’s reflective, rhythmic writing prompts reflection for new parents. After grounding the book in the birth of her own son, themes of maternal lineage and creativity as an act of hope provides an inspired reminder that new moms have more in common than differences.
Babybytes promises to create a feeling of belonging through shared experiences of motherhood, vulnerably told.
PRAISE FOR BABYBYTES
“Libby Jeffrey gently pulls you into the rapture of new motherhood while also steadying against the surrealism of a burgeoning pandemic. The poems in this collection capture both a reverence for an earthy existence and a familiar ambivalence about embracing a device-reliant future.” - Amelia Sherry
"As you read, expect your heart to open, your mouth to smile and laugh, and your soul to remember those precious moments so eloquently captured in these poems. A powerful reminder to connect to our babies and ourselves." - Violet Lange
Libby Jeffrey became a mother and a poet during the COVID-19 pandemic. What I want to know is HOW did she ALSO find the time to write/revise/publish Babybytes, her debut? Though writing about motherhood is almost as old as motherhood itself, the thirty poems in this collection are awestruck and tired, mourning and jubilant. And Jeffrey emerges from the isolation of pandemic motherhood with lines like “Tiny fingers / wrapped my digit / in a wrinkled, dimpled /time travel suit.” - Ariel Gordon, author of TreeTalk (At Bay Press).
"The author lovingly encapsulates the true beauty of motherhood–that year of firsts with all its wonders and fears. If you're a new mom, or a much older mom like me, you'll relate to the images and feelings this book evokes. You'll be transported back to your own firsts in this delightful and nostalgia-filled read. A journey you'll want to take over and over again." - Lori Rodriguez
44 pages, Paperback
Published December 12, 2020
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