Posted AT 10:26 AM EDT on 08/07/08
Moms are packing up the crayons, and picking up the pen
VANCOUVER — Kirsten Hamelin takes a deep breath and reads aloud.Do you ever look across the dinner table at the father of your child, she asks, "and want to stab a fork in their hand?"
The six other students in Ms. Hamelin's writing class laugh knowingly.
The women, all young mothers, have gathered at the home of Vancouver writer Cori Howard with their anecdotes about the frustrations, joys and fears of motherhood.
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