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The best, most awful job : twenty writers talk honestly about motherhood / edited by Katherine May.

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Elliott and Thompson Limited, 2020.

9781783964864 (hc)

Alternate title:

Twenty writers talk honestly about motherhood

20 writers talk honestly about motherhood

xvii, 190 p. ; 22 cm.

Introduction / Katherine May -- What your mother didn't tell you / Leah Hazard -- On the shock of a surprise pregnancy / Javaria Akbar -- Maternal rage / Saima Mir -- High on oxytocin and tea / Jodi Bartle -- By instinct / Huma Qureshi -- A heartbeat / Peggy Riley -- The absence / Emily Morris -- Learning to be a mother / Michelle Adams -- Can I touch myself, though? / Hollie McNish -- Brief exchanges / Susana Moreira Marques, translated by Julia Sanches -- On stigma and stoicism / Dani McClain -- On working out what it all means / Josie George -- Boys will be whatever / Michelle Tea -- The psychic / Charlene Allcott -- An honour I probably don't deserve / Jenny Parrott -- The dishes / Sharmila Chauhan -- Sometimes the other way around / Joanne Limburg -- Misfit / MiMi aye -- Maternal landscapes / Carolina Alvarado Molk -- Living with children / Tiphanie Yanique.

"Motherhood is life-changing. Disorientating, overwhelming, intense on every level, it can leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about yourself. Yet despite more women speaking out in recent years about the reality of their experiences -- good, bad and in between -- all too often it's the same stories getting told, while key parts of the maternal experience still remain unspeakable and unseen. There are a million different ways to be a mother, yet the vision we see in books, on screen and online overwhelmingly fails to represent this commonplace yet extraordinary experience for most of us. It's time to broaden the conversation. The Best, Most Awful Job is a deeply personal collection about motherhood in all its raw, heart-wrenching, gloriously impossible forms. Overturning assumptions, breaking down myths, shattering stereotypes, it will challenge perceptions of what it means to be a mother. Pulsating with energy and emotion, The Best, Most Awful Job brings together a diverse range of bold and brilliant writers and asks you to listen."--Publisher.

May, Katherine.

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