A parent of five children aged one to seventeen, Stroud has plenty of wisdom and insight to offer women at all stages of their journey through parenting, and this beautiful, refreshingly honest account of all aspects of motherhood is required reading on a provocative topic.
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'Quite simply the best book about motherhood ever. Touching, tender, honest and true' - The Sunday Times
My Wild and Sleepless Nights explores what it means to be a mother: the way that children and motherhood changes women - both strengthening and weakening a woman's sense of identity. And it details how Clover, the mother of five children aged from one to seventeen, has navigated motherhood across two decades, both losing and finding herself.
Unflinching, brutally honest, just as Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work was and no book has been since, but with a wholly different tone and story to tell - this is a book for all mothers, from those just exploring the idea to those who have just given birth but also those whose children are beginning to leave: it is a lyrical, funny, painful, sexy, moving and consoling look at the tension that exists between wanting to be a good mother, while holding on to the person with all the desires and longings you had before.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 2928377000035
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 222 x 138 mm
I loved the real tales of the ups and downs of motherhood, but did not expect it to be so sexually explicit.
This book was for my mum on mother's day. Like the author she has had 5 children - I thought she might find some parity with her own life. Instead, she found it depressing. She stated that the book focusses on... More
One of the most honest and beautiful books on Motherhood that I have read. You feel the roller coaster ride of family life, from the rawness of birth through to the mundane of family life. If you want an honest... More
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