Rockabye: From Wild to Child
Rockabye: From Wild to Child
Author: Rebecca Woolf
Desc: Rockabye is the lively memoir of a spontaneous young city-girl who becomes unexpectedly pregnant. That city-girl is Rebecca Woolf who at 23 after the "holy shit I'm pregnant" realization decides to keep the baby marry the boyfriend (in Vegas no less) and figure out how to wed her rock n' roll lifestyle and impending motherhood. With humor honesty and renegade insight Rebecca makes the transition from life as an odd-job doing commitment-phobic chain-smoking irresponsible party-girl to life as a work-at-home mother with a different kind of social life. Throughout Rebecca doesn't relinquish the token qualities of her free-spirited pre-baby self; rebelling against both the "soccer mom " and "young mother" stereotypes challenging herself to grow up without outgrowing her dreams and most importantly embracing motherhood without a map. Rockabye explores the coming together of mother and son and their mutual coming of age. How does Rebecca adapt to motherhood? By acting on instinct and maintaining a strong sense of self breaking rules (sometimes her own) in the process and building her own adventures out of legos and alphabet blocks.