Published in 2025
224 pages
Jessica Urlichs is a Sunday Times bestselling author and poet who lives in New Zealand with her husband and three children. She has written a variety of children’s books to help babies and young children navigate their emotions in their early years. Jess’ honest and heartfelt poetry about her family and motherhood continue to be a source of guidance for mothers and parents alike around the world to connect.
What is this book about?
From Instagram sensation Jessica Urlichs, an inspiringly vulnerable collection of poems exploring the sacred, tender, and beautifully chaotic moments of motherhood.
You are a mother
but never, just
When poet Jessica Urlichs became a mother, she learned that the everyday ordinary is extraordinary. In Beautiful Chaos, Jess chronicles it all—the highs, the lows, the confusion, the loss of identity, the becoming, and the brutal but beautiful ways our children hold up a mirror to ourselves. Through her relatable and cathartic poems that poignantly capture motherhood from pregnancy to school age, Jess offers healing to those who need it, a reminder of a cherished time gone by, or even a grounding in your current moment.
Wherever you are in your parenting journey, Jess’s poems will make you feel seen and comforted amid the beautiful chaos that is motherhood.
