Small: On Motherhoods

A debut literary memoir on queer motherhood, and whether it is our smallness that makes our lives so big.

About the author

Claire works as a university lecturer and is author of two academic books and numerous scholarly articles and chapters. Small is her first book for a general audience.

Claire's Four Thought talk 'The Other Mother' was first broadcast on BBC Radio Four this year and her first piece of narrative non-fiction took second place in the Spread the Word Life Writing Prize in 2017.

She was a shortlisted writer on the Penguin Random House WriteNow scheme in 2018, and long-listed for the Hinterland non-fiction Prize in 2019. In 2020, her writing was shortlisted for the London Library Emerging Writer's Programme and the Arvon Short Story competition.

Summary

A debut literary memoir on queer motherhood, and whether it is our smallness that makes our lives so big.

Foreword

A debut literary memoir on diverse motherhood.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Lynch
• Publisher: Conran Octopus Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2022
• EAN: 9781914240058
• ISBN: 978-1-914240-05-8
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 195 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood, Autobiography: literary, Pregnancy, birth & baby care, Infertility & fertilization, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues, Autobiography: writers, Infertility and fertilization, HEALTH & FITNESS / Fertility & Infertility