Description: Jules Theis is a Canadian writer and mama living in the South of France putting the finishing touches on her debut memoir.
DEAR MAMA LETTERS
My debut memoir explores how dying during childbirth exposed a generational trauma within the mothers of my family and how this discovery reshaped my role as a mother, daughter and wife forever.
At the threshold of entering motherhood Jules’ life ended suddenly when eclampsia took over her body during the final push of labour. As her baby’s life was beginning, hers was ending as she flatlined on the birthing bed. She woke up the next morning in the ICU knowing something beyond her happened, something she couldn’t quite put words to yet. Faced with her own mortality and coming back as a new mother Jules battles with her mental health and soon retreats to the silence of not knowing how to speak of su