My Account
Log in Registration
All
Cart
Highlights
Fiction Books
Non-Fiction Books
Children's Books
Rare Books
Music
DVD & Blu-Ray
Video Games
Category
Wishlists
Cart
All
Free US shipping over $10
Trustpilot
Proud to be B-Corp

The Best, Most Awful Job Katherine May

The Best, Most Awful Job By Katherine May

The Best, Most Awful Job by Katherine May

Reviews:
$10.00
Condition - Like New
Only 1 left
Like New$10.00Very Good$10.99Good$7.86

Summary

What does it mean to be a mother?; Twenty writers speak out in this searingly honest, diverse and powerful collection.

The Best, Most Awful Job Summary

The Best, Most Awful Job: Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood by Katherine May

'Poignant, funny, sensitive, but most importantly, heart-stoppingly true. This is an outstanding collection of essays, from some of the finest writers, which gets right to the dark heart of what it really means to be a mother.' - Clover Stroud, author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights

-------------------------

Motherhood is life-changing. Joyful. Disorientating. Overwhelming. Intense on every level. It's the best, most awful job.
>br/>The Best, Most Awful Job brings together twenty bold and brilliant women to speak about motherhood in all its raw, heart-wrenching, gloriously impossible forms.

Overturning assumptions, breaking down myths and shattering stereotypes, these writers challenge our perceptions of what it means to be a mother - and ask you to listen.

Contributors include:

Michelle Adams - Javaria Akbar - Charlene Allcott - MiMi Aye - Jodi Bartle - Sharmila Chauhan - Josie George - Leah Hazard - Joanne Limburg - Katherine May - Susana Moreira Marques - Dani McClain - Hollie McNish - Saima Mir - Carolina Alvarado Molk - Emily Morris - Jenny Parrott - Huma Qureshi - Peggy Riley - Michelle Tea - Tiphanie Yanique

'A wonderful anthology. I enjoyed it so much - the honesty, intelligence, fury and tenderness of the essays; and, importantly and refreshingly, the range of voices and stories it contains.' - Liz Berry, author of The Republic of Motherhood

'This is the kind of book that could well make a difference to someone's life ... every mother should read it.' - Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You to Know

'If I had added a Post-it Note to every sentence in this book that made me laugh, wince in recognition, or faintly well up, I would have turned it into a paper porcupine.' - Ceri Radford, Independent

The Best, Most Awful Job Reviews

'All the pain, power and privilege of being a mother is here in these tales of stepparenting; being unable to conceive; having six children; single parenthood; and of how race, class, disability, religion and sexuality affect our perceptions of motherhood' - Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller Editor's Choice

About Katherine May

Katherine May is an author of fiction and memoir whose most recent works have shown a willingness to deal frankly with the more ambiguous aspects of parenting. In The Electricity of Every Living Thing she explored the challenges - and joys - of being an autistic mother, and sparked a debate about the right of mothers to ask for solitude. In the forthcoming Wintering, she looks at the ways in which parenting can lead to periods of isolation and stress. She lives with her husband and son in Whitstable, Kent.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; Introduction vii; Katherine May; What Your Mother Didn't Tell You 1; Leah Hazard; On the Shock of a Surprise Pregnancy 7; Javaria Akbar; Maternal Rage 15; Saima Mir; High on Oxytocin and Tea 23; Jodi Bartle; By Instinct 29; Huma Qureshi; A Heartbeat 37; Peggy Riley; The Absence 49; Emily Morris; Learning to Be a Mother 63; Michelle Adams Can I Touch Myself, Though? 73; Hollie McNish; Brief Exchanges 83; Susana Moreira Marques, translated by Julia Sanches; On Stigma and Stoicism 97; Dani McClain; On Working Out What It All Means 105; Josie George; Boys Will Be Whatever 113; Michelle Tea; The Psychic 121; Charlene Allcott; An Honour I Probably Don't Deserve 129; Jenny Parrott; The Dishes 137; Sharmila Chauhan; Sometimes the Other Way Around 147; Joanne Limburg; Misfit 157; MiMi Aye; Maternal Landscapes 165; Carolina Alvarado Molk; Living with Children 173; Tiphanie Yanique; Acknowledgements 181; Contributor Biographies 183

Additional information

GOR011085582
9781783964864
1783964863
The Best, Most Awful Job: Twenty Writers Talk Honestly About Motherhood by Katherine May
Katherine May
Used - Like New
Hardback
Elliott & Thompson Limited
2020-03-19
196
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

Customer Reviews - The Best, Most Awful Job