Michelle Herman Books

Michelle Herman's writing delves into the complexities of everyday life, exploring themes of motherhood, friendship, and the passage of time with keen insight. Her essays often draw from personal experience, capturing the essence of human connection and the search for meaning in ordinary moments, from dreams to Freudian slips. Herman skillfully weaves personal narrative with literary and scientific reflection, creating works that are both engaging and thought-provoking. Her prose is marked by its honesty and its ability to find poetry in the commonplace.

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376 pages
14 hours of reading
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Exploring the complexities of human relationships, this novel weaves the lives of five protagonists—Jacob, Martin, Caroline, Jeanie, and Jill—through themes of love, marriage, and friendship. It delves into their struggles with identity and connection, highlighting missed opportunities and the intricacies of personal and artistic fulfillment. With a focus on both familial ties and chosen bonds, the narrative captures the essence of loneliness, longing, and the possibility of redemption, showcasing the author’s signature depth and nuance.
The Middle of Everything
214 pages
8 hours of reading
A memoir from the front lines of motherhood by a longtime writer of fiction, The Middle of Everything weaves a daughter's memories of her Brooklyn childhood in the 1950s and 1960s, and the shadow cast on it by her own young mother's paralyzing depression, with a middle-aged woman's account of trying to break her mother's mould by meeting her own child's every need.

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The Middle of Everything