{"product_id":"milk-mess-magic-hannah-seelman-9798901468135","title":"Milk, Mess, \u0026 Magic: Poems on Parenting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilk, Mess, \u0026amp; Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e captures the nuances of motherhood. Honesty emanates from the poems as Seelman manages to bring insight without compromise. With vulnerability, these poems explore the challenges of protecting the spiritual growth of a daughter in a male-dominated world. The \"milk\" is the nurture, the \"mess\" is the struggle, and the \"magic\" is the wonder of new life and of woman's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelba Joyce Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Michigan Poet Laureate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilk, Mess, \u0026amp; Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the complexity of parenting: the bliss alongside the blues, the wonder alongside the exhaustion. The poems capture the raw truth of parenthood with refreshing humor and rebelliousness. In Seelman's world, dragons roam around backyards, toddlers befriend geese, and a mother sings Salt-N-Pepa to soothe a crying baby to sleep. \"I too am now blessed in a mother's world,\" Seelman writes, exploring the honest struggles and fierce joys of raising fearless and loving children. This debut offers an authentic perspective that will resonate with anyone familiar with the messy magic of family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlen Hamza\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwice There Was a Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah Seelman's engaging poems delight unpretentiously as they navigate the surprises of motherhood. Every action reveals a commitment charged with pleasure and wonder. Raising and sheltering a child becomes an unpredictable, ongoing source of the strange, unrepeatable intimacies of motherhood as the mother frees her daughter and the daughter her mother, the two almost merging in continuous gifts of discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Olsen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnoRage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eVision of a Storm Cloud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah Seelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798901468135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hannah Seelman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001602744575,"sku":"9798901468135","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/milk-mess-magic-hannah-seelman-9798901468135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}