Motherperson - Paperback – The Tale Trade

Motherperson - Paperback

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by Molly Moynahan (Author)

Perfect for fans of Meg Mason, Elizabeth Strout, and Lily King, MotherPerson is an emotionally fearless, brutally funny novel about midlife reckoning, identity, and the long road back to yourself.

Warm, unflinching, and darkly funny--MotherPerson is a powerful literary novel about the cost of becoming, and the courage it takes to remain visible.

Claire has survived everything life could throw at her--addiction, grief, ambition that didn't pan out, and love that arrived in all the wrong forms. Now, in midlife, she's done pretending.

She wants the truth.

About her marriage.
Her desires.
Her talent.
And the woman she once promised herself she'd become.

Moving between New York, London, Dallas, Chicago, and a remote artist's retreat in Taos, Claire begins to unravel the roles that have defined her--wife, mother, daughter, teacher--and confront the one she buried long ago: herself. Along the way, she falls into unexpected love, challenges the quiet ways women are taught to disappear, and rediscovers the fierce, creative voice she thought she'd lost for good.

Told in luminous, incisive prose, MotherPerson is at once intimate and expansive--a novel about reinvention, creative hunger, motherhood, and what it means to claim your life, even when it's messy, imperfect, and late in the game.

This is a story for every woman who has ever asked:

Where did I go... and how do I get myself back?

Bold, moving, and deeply human, MotherPerson is a book club-ready novel that lingers long after the final page.

Author Biography

Molly Moynahan is an award-winning novelist, editor, and writing coach whose work explores motherhood, identity, marriage, reinvention, and the emotional complexities of women's lives.

She is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Stone Garden, a New York Times Notable Book, and has received fellowships, grants, and residencies in recognition of her literary work. A former editor at Random House and Bantam Doubleday Dell, Moynahan has spent more than three decades shaping stories as a novelist, teacher, editor, and mentor to writers across publishing, academia, and the creative arts.

She has taught fiction and literature at Rutgers University, Brooklyn College, Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas, Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University, Loyola University, and City Lit in London.

Known for her incisive voice and unflinching portrayals of modern womanhood, Moynahan writes literary fiction that speaks directly to the hidden lives of women, mothers, artists, and seekers navigating the long road back to themselves.

She lives and writes in northern Michigan.

Number of Pages: 306

Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.46 x 5.54 IN

Publication Date: October 13, 2026