It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. Soulful and uproarious, forceful, and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. She quit being good so she could be free. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. This was her own voice-the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is.Īt first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high.īut she soon realized they had come to her from within. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent-even from ourselves.įor many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends.

There is a voice of longing inside each woman. Untamed by Glennon Doyle Book Summary and Review Untamed Book Summary I also love Glennon’s attitude and outlook on life, in general. My favorite part? Each chapter was short with a great story and takeaway in this powerful memoir. It was a Reese’s Book Club selection, so I finally decided to give it a read (because I love Reese Witherspoon). Untamed is a book people have raved about for months now.

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