Nina Ross

Aug 22, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Susan Friedman |Nina Ross

BOOK REVIEWThe NurseryBy Szilvia Molnar; Penguin Random House, 2023208 pages; $18 (paperback)Reviewed by Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, MSt; Nina Ross, MDIn The Nursery, Szilvia Molnar’s debut novel, new motherhood is laid bare. From the second sentence, we reproductive psychiatrists were drawn in: “The baby I hold in my arms is a leech, let’s call her Button. Button is crying.”Meg, the book’s protagonist, is a new postpartum mother and in charge of meeting every need of her vulnerable Button.