This is Motherhood: Author Helena Andrews-Dyer on navigating the world of mom groups

Helena Andrews-Dyer

“If it's important to me, then it's gonna be important to other people.”

By Motherly August 30, 2022

Helena Andrews-Dyer

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In this special bonus episode of “This is Motherhood,” host Joyce Brewer is joined by author and journalist Helena Andrews-Dye to talk about her new book “The Mamas,” which is an account of her experience as the only woman of color in her neighborhood mom group.

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