What to expect when you join a mommy group

Elizabeth Isadora Gold reads from her new book, The Mommy Group, Tuesday, April 5 at Community Bookstore. Credit: Dana Miller
A friend and new father recently confided in me that he thought his partner was depressed. I am even closer to the mom, and I didn’t agree. This is just the first year of motherhood, I said. Sleep deprivation is literally a form of torture. It gets better, I assured him.
Or would it? The truth is, I can’t diagnose postpartum depression—I’ve missed