bookmate game
Books
Victoria Young

Things I Wish I'd Known

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MOTHER'S DAY!
Look at the front cover of any parenting book and what do you see? Glowing mothers-to-be, or pristine, beautifully-behaved children.
But the reality is, your pregnancy might be a sweaty, moody rollercoaster, and your children will almost certainly spend the first few years of their lives covered in food, tears and worse. And the experience is no less magical for it.
In this no-holds-barred collection of essays, prominent women authors, journalists and TV personalities explore the truth about becoming mothers. Covering topics from labour to the breastapo, twins to IVF, weaning to post-birth sex, and with writers including Cathy Kelly, Adele Parks, Kathy Lette and Lucy Porter (and many more), Things I Wish I'd Known is a reassuring, moving and often hilarious collection that will speak to mothers — and mothers-to-be — everywhere.
182 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2015
Publication year
2015
Publisher
Icon Books
Have you already read it? How did you like it?
👍👎

Quotes

  • Daria & Zviadhas quoted3 years ago
    See that stuff the psychologists say about ‘praise them for sniffing a vegetable’? Fuck that, that’s total bullshit. Food is food. They don’t get praised for finishing their dinner, and they don’t get punished for not finishing: it’s only dinner.
  • Daria & Zviadhas quoted3 years ago
    Once women gave birth and were lucky to survive the experience. Now we are judged on how well we give birth.

On the bookshelves

fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)