I Am Not Your Baby Mother: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
May 2020 · Hachette UK
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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (May 2020)*
'Really good ... accessible, sometimes shocking, honest, and feels written from the heart' - Bernardine Evaristo
'I gobbled it in one weekend and encourage everyone - mother, or otherwise - to do the same' - Pandora Sykes
'Remarkable' - Lorraine Kelly
'Searing' - Dolly Alderton
'I absolutely loved I Am Not Your Baby Mother' - Giovanna Fletcher
'Brilliant' - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
'An essential exploration of the realities of black motherhood in the UK' - Observer
'Urgent part-memoir, part-manifesto about black motherhood' - Red
'[An] original and much-needed guide to navigating black motherhood' - Cosmopolitan
'The woman bringing a fresh perspective to the mumfluencer world' - Grazia
'Every mother, everywhere, should read this book' - OK Magazine
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It's about time we made motherhood more diverse...
When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience bore little resemblance to the glossy magazine photos of women in horizontal stripe tops and the pinned discussions on mumsnet about what pushchair to buy. Leafing through the piles of prenatal paraphernalia, she found herself wondering: "Where are all the black mothers?".
Candice started blogging about motherhood in 2016 after making the simple but powerful observation that the way motherhood is portrayed in the British media is wholly unrepresentative of our society at large.
The result is this thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a black mother. It explores the various stages in between pregnancy and waving your child off at the gates of primary school, while facing hurdles such as white privilege, racial micro-aggression and unconscious bias at every point. Candice does so with her trademark sense of humour and refreshing straight-talking, and the result is a call-to-arms that will allow mums like her to take control, scrapping the parenting rulebook to mother their own way.
'Really good ... accessible, sometimes shocking, honest, and feels written from the heart' - Bernardine Evaristo
'I gobbled it in one weekend and encourage everyone - mother, or otherwise - to do the same' - Pandora Sykes
'Remarkable' - Lorraine Kelly
'Searing' - Dolly Alderton
'I absolutely loved I Am Not Your Baby Mother' - Giovanna Fletcher
'Brilliant' - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
'An essential exploration of the realities of black motherhood in the UK' - Observer
'Urgent part-memoir, part-manifesto about black motherhood' - Red
'[An] original and much-needed guide to navigating black motherhood' - Cosmopolitan
'The woman bringing a fresh perspective to the mumfluencer world' - Grazia
'Every mother, everywhere, should read this book' - OK Magazine
___________
It's about time we made motherhood more diverse...
When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience bore little resemblance to the glossy magazine photos of women in horizontal stripe tops and the pinned discussions on mumsnet about what pushchair to buy. Leafing through the piles of prenatal paraphernalia, she found herself wondering: "Where are all the black mothers?".
Candice started blogging about motherhood in 2016 after making the simple but powerful observation that the way motherhood is portrayed in the British media is wholly unrepresentative of our society at large.
The result is this thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a black mother. It explores the various stages in between pregnancy and waving your child off at the gates of primary school, while facing hurdles such as white privilege, racial micro-aggression and unconscious bias at every point. Candice does so with her trademark sense of humour and refreshing straight-talking, and the result is a call-to-arms that will allow mums like her to take control, scrapping the parenting rulebook to mother their own way.
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Tai Oyegunle
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July 24, 2020
sadly I found this book completely unrelatable. I couldn't even get to the end and I tried my best to! The book had a good start but my attention slowly depleted. I wasn't sure that her experiences among her circle of friends depicted the most accurate picture of black women in the UK. I felt at times her description of her trails and tribulations of pregnancy were abit vulgar. I could not help cringing everytime she made generalisations of black women based on the people she knew and how she continued throughout the book to describe the times she ungracefully kissed her teeth at someone and lost the plot over what she perceived as mistreatment. Many important points were lost in this book.
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Marcelle Benoit
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June 8, 2020
This is exactly what has been missing from our shelves as black mothers. It encompasses our struggles, gives you copious yes girl moments and gives the encouragement and diversity platform we have needed in this 'mummy blogger' industry. This has given me hope, laughs and reaffirmed my anger at the way we are treated in all industries. Written for black mothers but also in a honest but eloquent way for non-black mothers to educate themselves and understand our struggle. I only got the e-book because its sold out everywhere else and I'm too impatient to wait for my pre order to come through the post!!
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June 21, 2020
Amazing 👏 So relatable with our current times and such depth in the description of experiences.
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About the author
Candice Brathwaite is a prominent British author and advocate who has made a significant impact with her work on motherhood and diversity. Her Sunday Times bestselling book I Am Not Your Baby Mother passionately addressed the unique experiences of Black British mothers. Her writing has also appeared in the Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, Stylist, the Huffington Post and Grazia. Candice is a presenter on Lorraine and Steph's Packed Lunch, and the co-host of the smash hit podcast, 'Closet Confessions', which has amassed 2.5 million downloads and several sell-out live shows in its first year of production. Her holistic and exuberant online content, which spans from heartfelt wisdom to highly anticipated fashion videos, has gained her a dedicated audience of 290k+ Instagram followers and 370+ on TikTok. Through her writing and public presence, Candice actively works to challenge norms and promote positive change in the realm of diversity and representation.
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