Unraveling
A mother’s love becomes both compass and question in this deeply personal memoir about parenting through a child’s psychiatric crisis. Moving between crisis and reflection, The Last Child examines the fault lines of marriage, motherhood, and the quiet resilience that holds a family together even as it comes undone.
The first chapter appeared in Chicago Story Press and other literary outlets.
Invisible Road Maps
A moment from early adulthood resurfaces beside a quiet Maine lake, revealing the long arc between who we were and who we become. The essay explores memory, motherhood, loss, and the geography of belonging—asking what it means to arrive, later in life, at a version of the dream we once carried.
The essay appeared in Portrait of New England.
As The Victor
A young woman begins to question what it means to be chosen in this sharp personal essay about love, loyalty, and the cost of looking the other way. As the Victor traces the early days of a relationship shaped by quiet warning signs, revealing how doubt gathers long before it can be named.
The essay appeared in Chicago Story Press.
Private Acts of Disobedience
Private Acts of Disobedience is a newsletter about motherhood, mental illness, and what comes after. Through personal essays and reflections on reading and writing, Hannah explores how we make meaning out of crisis—and why telling the truth about our lives can feel like its own quiet form of rebellion.