"A beautifully crafted road trip through the sad, sweet, aching truths of a mother, a son, her faith, and his reason; a peacemaking of love unresolved and overwhelming."--Rabbi Steve Leder, bestselling author of For You When I Am Gone

"Mother, Nature may chronicle a familiarly fraught parent-child odyssey, but reading it feels like a soul-soothing stroll. Jenkins's vulnerable, clear-eyed storytelling is a gift."--Amanda Montell, author of Cultish

"First of all, fuck Jedidiah Jenkins. As a soon-to-be mother of a son, I am completely gutted by this brilliant book. It's one of the most vivid and generous accounts of a mother I have ever read, and a master class in confronting unspoken truths--the ones lodged in our throats for years, risking the sting for something sweeter: freedom. At its core, Mother, Nature is an act of devotion and defiance, proving that an imperfect love, 'a love that limps, ' offers us both."--Nada Alic, author of Bad Thoughts

"Jenkins, a liberal gay man, and his mother, a conservative Christian woman, are able to find what many people struggle to achieve: a way to peacefully coexist. . . . Their path is not always easy, and some of their conversations are painfully raw, but through it all, their love and respect for each other shine brightly."--Library Journal, starred review

"Jenkins's vivid, admiring depiction of Barbara--a woman who loves God, her son, and true crime podcasts with near-equal passion--is wonderfully multidimensional, and his acceptance of their differences lends the memoir an air of maturity. The result is a moving ode to a complicated mother-son bond."--Publishers Weekly

"Engaging reading for divided times."--Kirkus Reviews