• The author has retained leading book publicity firm.
• A robust advanced readers copies mailing to over 75 trade review
publications, newspapers, women’s magazines and women's websites,
parenting magazines and infertility/pregnancy media, organizations
and clinics.
• Coverage in publishing media, women’s magazines, parenting
magazines and newspapers for reviews, and interviews.
• A robust online book and mom blog tour to highly influential book
blogs that review non-fiction and popular mom bloggers and
parenting blogs.
• Podcast tour to parenting and single moms podcasts, and targeted
mailings to organizations focused on single mothers by choice
(Choicemoms.org, SMC.org, Donor Conception Network) or fertility
issues (RESOLVE.org, ASRM, SART etc).
Sarah Kowalski, Esq., is a fertility doula, family building coach, postpartum doula, and author, as well as the founder of Motherhood Reimagined. She is a regular contributor to ESME.com, YourTango.com, and ChoiceMoms.org. As a single mother by choice who conceived her son via sperm and egg donors, she is a go-to guide for women who are contemplating single motherhood, having fertility issues, raising donor-conceived children, or navigating life as single mothers. Kowalski has a BA from UC Berkeley, and she graduated magna cum laude from Santa Clara University Law School in 1998. She left the practice of law to pursue her interests in alternative healing and the mind/body connection by becoming a Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Qigong instructor, and Certified Integral Coach.
“A debut memoir traces one woman’s pregnancy quest…..An insightful
read for single-by-choice mothers interested in alternative
therapies.”
—Kirkus Reviews
"Sarah has provided a gift to all women considering becoming a
single mother with a beautifully written book that is both achingly
painful and humorously honest. In her description of all that she
had to go through to ultimately achieve her dream of having a
child, her book reads like a novel that you can’t put down. In the
end, you realize that the peaks and valleys that she went through
were in many ways a metaphor for life, one that she had no idea at
the time would prepare her for her new role as a loving and patient
mother."
—Toni Weschler, MPH, author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility
"In Motherhood Reimagined, Sarah Kowalski speaks to a generation of
women who were told that they could have it all—only to discover
that career success often comes at an emotional and physical cost.
This honest, often heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting memoir
chronicles Kowalski’s race against the ticking clock of
infertility. The discoveries she makes about her body and mind
translate into a compelling and poignant read . . . This book is a
must-read for any women who hears the ticking of her biological
clock.”
—Marika Lindholm ,CEO and founder of ESME.com (Empowering Solo Moms
Everywhere)
"'In the end, life dashed every expectation I had about how I would
become a mother.' And yet, Sarah Kowalski did become a mother—just
not in the way she had imagined. In this powerful, timely, and
important memoir, Kowalski reveals how difficult it is to become a
mother in your forties, and yet also how the journey has served as
a beautiful and transformational process for her. Best of all, she
helps anyone interested in becoming a parent who might be
struggling with infertility, confused about reproductive options
and technology, psychologically and emotionally distressed, and/or
lost in the vast jungle of online information about IVF, adoption,
sperm/ egg donation, and so on to navigate their way to motherhood.
This book fills a gap in the literature on modern parenthood by
offering wisdom, insight, and practical advice that will help you
realize your dreams—one way or another."
—Mei Mei Fox, New York Times best-selling author and contributor at
Forbes
"Motherhood Reimagined is a courageous journey through familiar
life lessons. Using her embodied spiritual practice, author Sarah
Kowalski faces her demons with vulnerability, humility, humor and
insight."
—Elena Brower, author of Art of Attention and Practice You
“This very readable story of the author’s journey to single
motherhood by choice is a must-read for anyone contemplating
becoming an SMC. It feels like a good friend is letting you join
her on the trip as she shares her ups and downs, disappointments
and celebrations. Informative, emotionally moving, and hard to put
down.”
—Jane Mattes, psychotherapist and Founder Single Mothers by Choice
(SMC), author of Single Mothers by Choice
“Brave pioneers come in all sizes, shapes, ages and genders. Make
no mistake, Sarah Kowalski is one of them. In her courageous memoir
she opens up new territory, illuminating fresh possibilities for
what it is to be an authentic dignified human being in the midst of
probably the most profound life-changing event, becoming a mother,
(in her case while being a single woman). She warmly, confidently
and firmly draws the reader into the felt experience of all she
faced, physically relationally, psychologically, financially and so
on. Funny, inspiring, thought-provoking all at once. Sarah holds
nothing back and opens up the chance for us to do the same in
whatever we are facing in our own lives. A book for anyone living
in our time and place.”
—James Flaherty, author of Coaching, Evoking Excellence in Others
and Founder of New Ventures West, Integral Coaching
"Motherhood Reimagined is a fascinating and intimate look inside
the world of becoming a modern-day mother. An honest look at the
emotional labor and physical challenges that arise on one woman's
path to motherhood. Kowalski is relentless in her pursuit of
becoming a mother, and grants us passage through her very own thick
jungle of neuroses and tangles of self doubt while she bravely
sharpens a machete of insight and truth to carve out her own path.
A heroic and emotional journey that pulls you in and won't let you
go until both the author and reader have found complete
surrender."
—Madison Young, author of Daddy: A Memoir and The Ultimate Guide to
Sex Through Pregnancy and Motherhood
“In the years that I've been communicating with Choice Moms, there
are two things that stand out as true: 1) We don't realize how
difficult it might be to conceive, which is exhausting to discover
in our late 30s and 40s; 2) We underestimate our ability as
strong-minded women to "get it done," whatever it takes. Sarah is
admirably able to openly capture both the vulnerability and the
strength of her story of becoming a mother — a journey that never
goes according to plan, and that teaches us more about ourselves
than we can ever detail on our To Do lists.”
—Mikki Morrissette, founder ChoiceMoms.org, and author of Choosing
Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman's Guide
“In Motherhood Reimagined Sarah Kowalski has accomplished what most
memoir writers can never do. She has written two memoirs seamlessly
woven together. One is an amazingly informative story about
infertility and what one woman did to get pregnant. You will laugh
and cry at Sarah's ability to capture the ups and downs of this
saga. But she has also written a narrative about her spiritual
struggles that is as interesting as her journey toward motherhood.
This is one of those rare books that is not only replete with
important information but it might even slip you onto your own path
toward enlightenment.”
—Roy M Carlisle, Senior Editorial Consultant, The Crossroad
Publishing Company
“From the moment we meet Sarah Kowalski, a successful corporate
attorney ignoring her biological clock, through her passionate
quest to overcome infertility, to her early days of solo
motherhood, one thing is for sure: nothing will go as planned. But
Kowalski proceeds with determination, dissolving every physical and
emotional barrier that dares stand in her way. This book is a
must-read for anyone charting an unconventional path toward
parenthood.”
—Cheryl Dumesnil, author of Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed
(Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood
"Motherhood Reimagined is a beautifully written book about one
woman’s journey to have a baby on her own. It’s an insightful and
moving story that will inspire other women who face similar
obstacles to becoming a mother. Well worth the read."
—Jacqueline Mroz, Journalist and author, Scattered Seeds: In Search
of Family and Identity in the Sperm Donor Generation
"Kowalski’s emotionally raw descriptions of her struggles will
strike a familiar and comforting chord with other would-be
parents.”
—Clarion, 5 out of 5
"As a fellow single mother by choice, I really enjoyed this memoir.
For so many women, we think the road to motherhood will be easy . .
. This is an honest book about the path you never think you’ll
take, but it’s the one that’s just right."
—BookRiot, "Books About Parenting That Tell It Like It Is"
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