Hey Pandemic Mom
Hey Pandemic Mom
“Mom by day, Writer by night…”
Marianna is a writer of fiction, poetry & and flash non fiction. She attended The New School, Eugene Lang, in New York City. Read her Substack Blog: Hey Pandemic Mom. She lives north of Boston with her daughter. Her first book “Pandemic Mom: Meditations on New Motherhood During The Pandemic & During Divorce” is out now.
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"What didn't you do to bury me, but you forgot that I was a seed." - Dinos Christianopoulos
Advance Praise:
“Marianna Pease has written a masterpiece. Pandemic Mom, a series of short poems and prose, leads us through the darkest time of Pease’s life- a new baby, a divorce, a pandemic– with grace, humor and a heaping dose of healing. Pease writes from the heart about motherhood, marriage, heartbreak and resolution in a book that will not only help her heal, but will also help other women coping with divorce. It is rare to find a book so beautifully written that is poignant, relatable and full of resources. As a therapist who works with women navigating divorce, I can’t wait to recommend this book to my clients.” - Oona Metz, LICSW, Oonametz.com
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot stop spring from coming”
Marianna Saltonstall Pease signs publishing deal with The Unbound Press
We are thrilled to announce that Marianna Saltonstall Pease has signed a deal with The Unbound Press to publish her first book, Pandemic Mom: Meditations on New Motherhood During The Pandemic & During Divorce.
Marianna Saltonstall Pease is a divorced single mom by day and a writer by night. After going through a divorce while navigating the pandemic during new motherhood, she has written a book about her emotional healing in the hope it will give back to others so they might have a guiding light. Additionally, she runs the longtime vintage clothing store, www.oonascollection.com, and writes a blog, heypandemicmom.substack.com, about her journey to emotional healing. She lives in Boston with her daughter.
Pandemic Mom is one part memoir, one part healing balm for the divorcing woman or new mama - or any woman who finds herself in a dark night of the soul without a light. Part One covers Marianna's story in short writings, Part Two is everything she learned from going through a traumatic divorce while navigating new motherhood during the Covid-19 lockdown. It is a story of emotional healing and written from the heart to give back to divorcing women so they might not suffer as she did. Marianna's most heartfelt wish is to pay it forward and offer some glimmer of hope.
The Unbound Press is very excited to be a part of the birth of Marianna’s honest and liberating book and we know it will prove so illuminating and life-changing for its readers!
Advance Praise:
"Pandemic Mom is a beautiful, expansive journey through pain and it will leave you full of healing energy -- it's a balm for the grieving, overwhelmed mama stuck in unknowns, a needed permission slip to express unspoken truths, a map towards light & hope and a practical guide to find those first steps. Marianna lovingly, knowingly, takes your tired mama hand, your lost mama heart and gives courage to reach into those dark places inside where the untangling of your own story begins and the rebuilding can start."- Lily Herman www.lilianherman.com
"Marianna gets vulnerable in her writings about her personal experiences as a single mother going through divorce. She gets up front and personal about the challenges of reclaiming your life on your own, while at the same time grieving and letting go of the past. I commend her for telling her truth and speaking up for women everywhere going through similar circumstances. As a therapist, I commend her for showing up and showing the vulnerability of her experience with the willingness to give a voice to all those quietly suffering. With her insight and humor she takes readers into what it was like going through a divorce as a single mom through her eyes and perspective. Her experience, highs and lows as well as hope for other single moms out there is a good source of knowledge for those on their own personal journey of self discovery. She provides wonderful resources to help others along their own path. I recommend this book for all those wanting to travel the journey of divorce and parenting together." – Valentina Verani www.valentinaveranilmhc.com