Nine Months [Paperback]

A bold, unapologetic first novel about a pregnant mother and wife who abandons her family in search of an identity that is hers alone. 

Deliciously, dangerously rogue. —Marcy Dermansky, author of Bad Marie

Sonia, a young Brooklyn mother shaken by her unexpected (third) pregnancy, abandons her husband and kids and takes off on a cross-country odyssey in search of an identity separate from her family. She does everything a pregnant woman shouldn't do—engaging in casual sex and smoking weed—as she retraces her past and attempts to reclaim her sidelined career as an artist. Nine Months is a fierce, daring page-turner of a novel—a lacerating response to the culture of mommy blogs, helicopter parents and parental correctness as well as an unflinching look at the choices women face when trying to balance art and family.

Praise for Nine Months

Dark, sharp, and hilarious . . . (many?) mother’s escape fantasy.  
—New York Magazine

Deliciously, dangerously rogue.
—Marcy Dermansky, author of Bad Marie

A raw, darkly funny, at times appalling page-turner . . . Mommy lit lovers will be horrified, but Bomer’s debut novel will resonate with fans of quirky, character-driven fiction in the vein of Richard Russo, John Updike, and Tiffany Baker.”
—Library Journal

“Phenomenal comedic pace.”
—The Atlantic

“This novel may make you feel uncomfortable at times, but it will alsolSâ