Giving birth, feeding a baby, sitting in the backseat on a long drive: Smoothed Over with Feeling makes room for small scenes from the beginning of parenthood.
Vanessa Hope Schneider’s poems and Carissa Potter Carlson’s drawings sit with the strength, uncertainty and continuing creativity of new parents. The book comes from People I’ve Loved.
The perforated back cover can become a thank-you note for someone who has offered support. It is a small detail that keeps the people around a new family in the picture.