‘I loved Mum Rage. It’s so brilliant, essential and eviscerating, while also hopeful and strengthening and compassionate. I found it wide-ranging, expansive and generous. Minna has illuminated an area of maternal subjectivity – or a common and legitimate response to the institution of modern motherhood – which desperately needed to be brought out of the shadows.’

Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood

‘[Dubin’s] penetrating insights make for captivating reading… an astute account of how society fails mothers.’

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

‘A cleareyed analysis of the intricate web of cultural and political challenges that make female-identified parenting nearly impossible… A trenchant analysis of the ways in which society renders modern motherhood emotionally impossible.’

Kirkus Reviews

‘An original, eye-opening look at the rage that can consume mothers… This book represents a voice that belongs in every parenting collection.’ Booklist

‘Few issues are left untouched in this thought-provoking book on a hot topic that is seldom discussed.’ Library Journal

‘Mom Rage makes a makes a crucial space for all of us who have experienced the sudden, terrifying urge to stab a mattress with a kitchen knife, punch a wall, or squeeze our children a little too tightly. Dubin reminds us our darkest moments are symptoms of systemic failings, not signs of personal flaws – and that our anger should be harnessed as an animating force for equity.’ Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor

 ‘Breaking down the unnameable feelings so many women have as mothers, Mum Rage is a must-read for women who struggle to reconcile the cultural pressure to be “good mothers” with the powerful negative emotions that come with parenting.’

Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her

‘If you’ve ever screamed at your child in ways that shock you – and we all have, haven’t we? – Mum Rage is an absolute must-read. As Minna Dubin argues, your anger is not a moral failing. This book is an eye-opening exploration of the many social forces that drive mothers to explode at their children, as well as the societal and situational solutions that could, ultimately, save us.’

Melinda Wenner Moyer, author of How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes

‘Mum Rage is a critical addition to the literature of mothering, compassionately exploring the ugly, rageful moments that haunt many of us even as we struggle to do right by our kids. Dubin invites us to consider our rage in the full context of a perverse, broken, contradictory, and cruel American system that fails families at every turn. I needed the compassion of this book, as well as its expansive look of what parenting can and should be.’

Lydia Kiesling, author of Golden State