Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism, Parenthood, and Radical Acceptance

As more women come to recognize their own neurodivergence, Julie has gifted us with a beautifully-written and incredibly relatable memoir weaving together journeys of self-discovery, motherhood, and radical acceptance. Readers will come away feeling seen, understood, and never again alone.

Motherness is all about loving the child you’re raising and accepting the parent you are. A fiercely honest and wildly compassionate memoir.

Occasionally heartbreaking and often laugh out loud funny. I loved this book.

Motherness is a beautifully told, deeply validating account of late discovered autism and the intersecting experience of being both an autistic woman and the mother of an autistic child.  This is more than a memoir, it’s a mirror for those who have long felt unseen - it brings visibility, validation, and hope to a new generation navigating late discovery, motherhood, and identity with radical honesty.

In Motherness, Julie Green offers a beautifully written, deeply attuned account of raising an autistic child while simultaneously making sense of her own late-discovered autistic identity. Raw, honest, and thought-provoking, Julie’s story will resonate with any neurodivergent parent who recognizes parts of themselves in their child, and wants to embrace these common threads to foster deeper connection and acceptance. 

In her unflinching and yet wholly tender focus on seeing—seeing and celebrating her child and then also, ultimately, seeing and celebrating herself—Julie Green has charted a path for all of us, parent and non-parent alike, to follow into a brilliant, better world.

Motherness is a personal account of what it is like to raise a neurodivergent child as a neurodivergent mother. 

But it is also much greater than the sum of those parts: Green's gorgeous writing carries this deeply human story, which is filled with curiosity, honesty, humour, and above all, love.