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A Coat of Yellow Paint

Moving Through the Noise to Love the Life You Live

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Life doesn't come with an instruction book for the role of perfect wife and mother. However, as Love Taza creator Naomi Davis?discovered on her journey from newlywed Juilliard dancer to mother of five, a joyful life is a work of art that only you can create for yourself.

When Naomi launched the popular blog Love Taza a decade ago, she had no way of knowing where that first blog post would lead or the millions of lives she'd impact.

In A Coat of Yellow Paint, Naomi details an exploration of her faith, personal heartaches, challenges balancing a home life with career, motherhood, and her struggles with infertility.

Along the way, Naomi illustrates the urgency of celebrating life's most important things––family, faith, friendship, and an upright piano painted bright yellow––ignoring the critics.

Through stories time-stamped?as intimate and vulnerable essays, Naomi shares life lessons she's learned, including how to:

  • communicate openly and honestly in your marriage and friendships
  • be confident in the choices you make as a mother—and why you're more than "just a mom"
  • overcome criticism—including from yourself—on body image, infertility, and doing "enough"
  • make childhood feel magical and seek out adventures with your little ones
  • navigate spiritual upheaval and reclaim your faith
  • find more soulfulness in your social media and online experience
  • If you dream of a life celebrating family, self, and work in a way that feels right for you, A Coat of Yellow Paint will?inspire you to drown out the noise of others' opinions and expectations—so you can be empowered to love your life.

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      • Library Journal

        March 12, 2021

        Parenting influencer Davis puts a fresh coat of paint on her mommy blogger lifestyle to bring readers a new perspective on her whirlwind life as a wife and mother of five. Painted as a feel-good self-help book, A Coat of Yellow Paint is, unfortunately, a whitewashed account of privileged motherhood. Her seemingly intentional omission of any mention of her privilege until the last chapter invalidates any sense of honesty in the memoir. She skates over significant details of living in an expensive Manhattan neighborhood; being able to afford numerous IVF treatments in New York and Washington, DC; international jet-setting with toddlers in tow; and casually abandoning her Juilliard education. The meaningful mantras and philosophies Davis has scattered throughout the book offer some empowering feel-goodness, but they lack depth and almost seem out of place, as do her accounts of hairstyles and favorite foods at the beginning of each chapter. Some readers may get tired of the author referring to herself as mama and her children as littles. VERDICT A self-serving view of white motherhood that will primarily interest Davis's loyal Instagram followers; readers who aren't already dazzled by this social media darling can probably sit this one out.--Alana Quarles, Fairfax County P.L., Alexandria, VA

        Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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