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Find out why Megan Williams is ONE BAD MOTHER

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

New release from Sibylline Press today!

One Bad Mother

A Mother's Search for Meaning in the Police Academy

by Megan Williams

Memoir | Trade paper $17 | ISBN: 9781960573858 | On Sale TODAY!

After one of her six-year-old twins puts a hammer through a wall, Megan Williams feels as if she is failing the test that is motherhood. And it’s one she’s been failing ever since her twins were born at twenty-nine weeks. Recognizing a hole in her life that is eerily similar to the space left in the drywall, Williams abandons her academic career to apply to the Police Academy. She needs a win. Through a grueling two-year process, Williams confronts her mental and physical abilities while dealing with the paralyzing fear that she is a bad mother and the real possibility she might not survive the cut at the Academy. When all is done, she makes peace with a motherhood far different from the dream sold by our culture.

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“Real, raw, laugh out loud funny—like motherhood itself.”

—Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of The Naked Truth

“A riveting, fast-paced read.”

—Carol Smith, author of Crossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir​
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Megan Williams

Previous to her decision to apply to the Police Department, Megan Williams was a professor of English at various universities for over twenty years. After graduating from Haverford College, Megan received her Ph.D. in English from Temple University and taught at Lafayette College and Santa Clara University. She and her family currently reside in Bellingham, Washington.

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Thank you Village Books for hosting Megan’s launch in Bellingham, Washington!

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 – 6pm

Megan Williams is One Bad Mother at Village Books!

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