Marblehead Mom's Essays Go National

Marblehead mom and sometimes Patch columnist will soon share her wisdom with a larger audience.

Samantha Parent Walravens' acclaimed anthology,“Torn: True Stories of Kids, Career and the Conflict of Modern Motherhood in which Mayers has two essays, was recently chosen to be the first book read and debated on the New York Times Motherlode blog bookclub.

The new blog moderated by parenting columnist Laura Belkin of the New York Times, aims to engage in the conversation about parenting and the often controversial topic of parenting advice books.

"About once a month I will take a book down from my overstuffed shelves (or something brand-new that hasn’t even had time to make it onto one of the piles) and introduce it to you," Belkin wrote in her inaugural post.

Mayers and other contributors to Torn will also be featured guests on Emily Rooney’s WGBH show Wednesday.

The mom of three, Mayers shares her thoughts about parenting and the day-to-day trials and tribulations in her blog “Post Picket Fence."

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