Sad Mum Lady

Name: Sad Mum Lady
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781760877637
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By Ashe Davenport

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Summary

Sad Mum Lady by Ashe Davenport cuts through the glossy clichés of motherhood, offering an unapologetic and brutally honest exploration of the harsh realities new parents face. With sharp wit and candid humour, Davenport exposes the exhaustion, bodily ordeals, social isolation, and relentless pressures that rarely make it into polite conversation about parenting. This memoir delivers a deeply relatable and sometimes uncomfortable portrayal that challenges the notion parenting is always joyful, reminding readers they are not alone in the chaos.
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This book is essential for parents seeking a truthful companion to the less-discussed struggles of motherhood as well as for non-parents interested in an unvarnished perspective on parenthood. Its frank, humorous style also appeals to readers who appreciate memoirs that blend emotional depth with sharp wit.

If David Sedaris and Sheila Heti had a baby... well, there'd be a lot to unpack there. But the ensuing stories would be brutal and hilarious and endlessly readable. And they'd look a bit like Sad Mum Lady.

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'If people knew how bad this was,' I said to a friend two weeks after the birth, nipples flashing red like emergency lights under my dressing-gown, 'they would be sterilised on their thirteenth birthdays.'

It sometimes feels like there's a rule for parents: if you're going to say anything mildly unhappy about parenting, you must also be at pains to stress that it is all worth it. What joy! What wonder! How lucky we are!

But then there's the crying. And the body horror. The tearing and the leaking. And the crippling isolation. And the sleep deprivation. And somehow a dead rat in the cubbyhouse and the endless judgement of peers and neighbours and the internet.

But fear not. Ashe Davenport is here. And she's not afraid to say it's fucked.

Unapologetic and frank, Sad Mum Lady navigates the joys of motherhood in ways that will be familiar, hilarious and essential reading for parents and non-parents alike. Savage, true and deeply relatable—finally, a book that resists the sanitised, acceptable face of parenting. You might not feel better, but at least you'll feel less alone.

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Critics praise Sad Mum Lady for its honest and razor-sharp writing. Lauren Sams describes it as "funny and sad, wise and vulnerable," resonating more deeply than many motherhood memoirs. Georgie Dent highlights Davenport's ability to capture the complexity of motherhood with "astonishing humour, candour and humanity." Jessica Dettmann admires the author's knack for finding laughs in painful moments, calling the book "as sharp and painful as LEGO underfoot, but infinitely funnier." Reviews from The Age and The Canberra Times commend the book for dismantling sanitised parenting narratives and relieving new parents’ feelings of helplessness.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760877637

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 June 2020

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 339g

Pages: 256

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Ashe Davenport Fiction Health & Wellness Humour Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Ashe is a Melbourne-based author and family columnist for The Design Files. Her debut book began as a personal blog called Sad Pregnant Lady, which would become Sad Mum Lady. These days she's a mother of two, and a somewhat happier person.

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