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Zusatztext Frank and funny Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext It's about time we made motherhood more diverse... Vorwort It's about time we made motherhood more diverse... Zusammenfassung * THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * '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 'This book is needed for the voiceless' - Nadiya Hussain 'Brilliant' - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'A brilliantly observed look at life as a black mother' - C loser '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. ...
