Perfectly Imperfect

Perfectly Imperfect is a collection of ten essays by Meredith Winn, originally published in print magazines between 2010-2015. Each short essay is a snapshot of life in the moment, written through the eyes of a mother. Meredith’s words read like grace notes on a song, as she lives and grieves through mid-life. Meredith was born on the west coast, spent her childhood on the east coast, lived as a young adult in the Rocky Mountains and became a mother in the American South. She relocated to New England from Austin, Texas in 2011, and these essays embrace this time period as she shifted from single mother to stepmother while navigating her own mother’s terminal illness.