Without a Village : Rebecca Pierce Books : 9781739011109 : 1739011104 : 01 Oct 2023 : Motherhood is often a lonely, unforgiving, and underappreciated job. We know we are overworked and undervalued, but how did we get here and what can we do about it? To mothers, It feels like society begins to collapse and the cost of living rises to astronomical heights, while the support provided to new mothers shrinks to unimaginable lows after a baby is born. Sleep hours are lost, isolation sets in, emotions run high, and as this all happens, it becomes clear that the role of a mother in the 21st century is greatly out of touch with the way that it should be. Why is parenting done at the expense of a woman's self-worth? In Rebecca Pierce's debut book, she digs deep into the history of motherhood and the shift in motherhood expectations to discover how the loss of a village all started to where mothers find themselves today-burnt out and at their breaking point! Self-preservation should not