{"product_id":"never-too-much-a-memoir","title":"Never Too Much \/\/ A Memoir (Pre-order, April 13 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author who redefined motherhood for the modern age comes an unflinchingly honest account of midlife, identity, and recovery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy her mid-forties Angela Garbes had built a good life. She was a successful author with a loving husband, two kids, and a thriving community. Her writing on motherhood was hailed as urgent and groundbreaking by peers and critics. Internally, though, she was consumed by feelings of unworthiness, professional pressure, fragmented memories she’d rather not confront, and a substance use habit that was no longer tenable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the first generation daughter of Filipino immigrants, Garbes had learned how to be the type of daughter her family needed, translating American customs to her hardworking parents and assimilating herself into her rural surroundings. As a latchkey kid of the 1980s, she learned that big feelings were an inconvenience and external achievement offered a clear path to approval. She found solace in tv, books, pop culture, and carefree visits to the Philippines, all the while burying truths that threatened family happiness. Thus a child who knew how to be everything to everyone without knowing herself became an adult who found relief and belonging in alcohol and cocaine, coping mechanisms that morphed into an addiction that poisoned the joys and responsibilities of mothering and daily life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the story of Garbes’s recovery, and an honest examination of the forces that landed her there. It is also the story of an artist becoming herself and a fierce excavation of youth from the vantage of midlife. Readers are invited on her journey to see the way motherhood, relationships, and aging collide with generational trauma, abuse, and the search to reclaim identity. Garbes does the exhilarating, terrifying, and liberating work of confronting her past to know herself, this time on her own terms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers of Leslie Jamison, Claire Dederer, Meaghan O’Connell, and Cathy Park Hong, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Translation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Garbes’s most personal work yet, and her most unforgettable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAngela Garbes \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eEssential Labor\u003c\/i\u003e, called “a landmark and a lightning storm” by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Her TED Talk “What Working Parents Really Need From Workplaces,” which insists that we treat caregiving as the work that makes all work possible, has been viewed over two million times. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eLike a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, was an NPR Best Book of the Year. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Nation, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, New York, Bon Appétit,\u003c\/i\u003e and featured on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah\u003c\/i\u003e and NPR’s \u003ci\u003eFresh Air. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Seattle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Flatiron Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: April 13, 2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781250362582\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e8.3 in H | 5.4 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Biography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Angela Garbes","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, April 13 2027) Hardcover","offer_id":49313672986859,"sku":"9781250362582","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781250362582.jpg?v=1788034473","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/never-too-much-a-memoir","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}