Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry
''This book should be required reading for anyone thinking of having a baby, or even anyone who knows someone who is thinking of having a baby'' Scotland on Sunday
''Fascinating and honest'' Mumsnet
''Like talking to a friend'' Observer
There were many things that Hollie McNish didn''t know before she was pregnantHow her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach. These were on top of the many other things she didn''t know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as an audience member; how drum''n''bass can make a great lullaby.
And that''s before you even start on toddlers.
But Hollie learned. And she''s still learning, slowly.
Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories; Hollie''s thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain, of trying to become a parent in modern Britain, of sex, commercialism, feeding, gender and of finding secret places to scream once in a while.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
480 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Little, Brown Book Group |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2020-03-05 |
| ISBN |
9780349726571 |