The Best, Most Awful Job

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Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood

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Summary

The Best, Most Awful Job explores the complex and varied realities of motherhood through twenty intimate essays. It delves into diverse experiences including single parenting, adoption, stepmotherhood, and miscarriage, highlighting both the joys and hardships. This collection broadens the conversation around motherhood, revealing it as a blend of pleasure and pain, tenderness and anger, all rooted in love.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for anyone interested in the realities of motherhood, including parents, carers, and those exploring family dynamics. It is especially suitable for readers seeking honest and varied perspectives on the challenges and triumphs of maternal life.

Now in paperback, this bold and brilliant anthology is the perfect Mothers' Day gift for mothers everywhere.

* A Bookseller's Choice in hardback: 'All the pain, power and privilege of being a mother is here' Caroline Sanderson; * Updated paperback edition with two new essays, this powerful collection has already sparked a conversation about motherhood; * Hugely diverse group of writers on their personal experiences of motherhood. Contributors include: Michelle Tea, Leah Hazard, Josie George, Saima Mir, Huma Qureshi, Hollie McNish and Charlene Allcott; * Highly energetic marketing campaign featuring exclusive video content (the Mother Sessions) and extensive promotion through contributors' social media channels

Description

Motherhood is life-changing. Joyful. Disorientating. Overwhelming. Intense on every level. It’s the best, most awful job.

From dating as a single mum to adopting your baby, becoming a stepmother to enduring a miscarriage, there are a million different ways to be a mother. Yet some voices are still too often heard above others. It’s time to broaden the conversation.

From the introduction:

‘We need to talk about all the different ways of being a mother. The true, dirty business of motherhood is a constellation of experiences. That is the only universal: everybody finds their own way through. At its core, this is a book about love. It’s a snapshot of reality, told in twenty dazzling voices; the best job in the world, and simultaneously the most awful. Because motherhood is everything at once: pleasure and pain, anger and tenderness, light and shade. In short, true love.’

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Praised for its honesty and emotional depth, this anthology is described as "poignant, funny, sensitive, but most importantly, heart-stoppingly true" by Clover Stroud. Liz Berry commends its refreshing range of voices and stories, while Laura Pearson suggests it could profoundly impact readers. Critics highlight its ability to resonate with diverse experiences, revealing "all the pain, power and privilege of being a mother."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783965946

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Edition: 2nd New edition

Contributors:

Edited by Katherine May

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

Collections

Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Parenting & Family Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Katherine May is an author of fiction and memoir whose titles include the acclaimed memoirs Wintering (2020) and The Electricity of Every Living Thing (2018), The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club, The 52 Seductions, Burning Out, and Ghosts & Their Uses. Her journalism and essays have appeared in a range of publications including The Times, Good Housekeeping, Aeon and Cosmopolitan. She lives in Whitstable, Kent, with her husband and son.