Nobody Told Me: Mollie McNish In celebration of our literal, literary and non-biological mothers we bring you a trio of books that look at motherhood in all it’s beauty, hardship and power. Hollie McNish’s brilliant meditation on the joys and pitfalls of motherhood is reviewed in The Skinny. Ceris Aston has this to say: “A diary of poems, written in snatched moments away from her roles as mother and lover, the book offers an immediate, seemingly unfiltered insight into McNish’s life, and into her experience of motherhood. In her diary, the poet records her guilt, pain, wonder, exhaustion, frustration, joy, anger and love. There’s no photoshopping here, no smoothing out of the bags under tired eyes or images of serenely smiling mothers breastfeeding on white sofas. There’s crying from exhaustion and cracked nipples and wiping snot from noses and hiding in public loos to feed. There’s the endless barrage of judgment on how to do motherhood right. There is love: for her partner, for her family, for Little One. There is wonder. ‘It is indescribable/ witnessing this small human change.’ It’s a moving and profoundly personal account. Yet at the same time, Nobody Told Me offers an insight into the shared, unspoken experiences of many mothers. McNish describes Nobody Told Me as ‘All the things I couldn’t talk about.’ It feels like time that we started talking.” Read the full review and more great work from ‘The Skinny’ here: http://bit.ly/2nrFHie Don’t forget to check out our Mother’s Day event in Libreria this Sunday with writer and artist Francesca Sanna: http://libreria.io/the-journey-francesca-sanna/
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Nobody Told Me: Mollie McNish
In celebration of our literal, literary and non-biological mothers we bring you a trio of books that look at motherhood in all it’s beauty, hardship and power.
Hollie McNish’s brilliant meditation on the joys and pitfalls of motherhood is reviewed in The Skinny. Ceris Aston has this to say: “A diary of poems, written in snatched moments away from her roles as mother and lover, the book offers an immediate, seemingly unfiltered insight into McNish’s life, and into her experience of motherhood.
In her diary, the poet records her guilt, pain, wonder, exhaustion, frustration, joy, anger and love. There’s no photoshopping here, no smoothing out of the bags under tired eyes or images of serenely smiling mothers breastfeeding on white sofas. There’s crying from exhaustion and cracked nipples and wiping snot from noses and hiding in public loos to feed. There’s the endless barrage of judgment on how to do motherhood right. There is love: for her partner, for her family, for Little One. There is wonder. ‘It is indescribable/ witnessing this small human change.’ It’s a moving and profoundly personal account. Yet at the same time, Nobody Told Me offers an insight into the shared, unspoken experiences of many mothers. McNish describes Nobody Told Me as ‘All the things I couldn’t talk about.’ It feels like time that we started talking.” Read the full review and more great work from ‘The Skinny’ here: http://bit.ly/2nrFHie
Don’t forget to check out our Mother’s Day event in Libreria this Sunday with writer and artist Francesca Sanna: http://libreria.io/the-journey-francesca-sanna/
#theskinnymag #Libreriarecommends #libtryptich #getyourboobsoutforthekids #holliemcnish
LibreriaNobody Told Me: Mollie McNish
In celebration of our literal, literary and non-biological mothers we bring you a trio of books that look at motherhood in all it’s beauty, hardship and power.
Hollie McNish’s brilliant meditation on the joys and pitfalls of motherhood is reviewed in The Skinny. Ceris Aston has this to say: “A diary of poems, written in snatched moments away from her roles as mother and lover, the book offers an immediate, seemingly unfiltered insight into McNish’s life, and into her experience of motherhood.
In her diary, the poet records her guilt, pain, wonder, exhaustion, frustration, joy, anger and love. There’s no photoshopping here, no smoothing out of the bags under tired eyes or images of serenely smiling mothers breastfeeding on white sofas. There’s crying from exhaustion and cracked nipples and wiping snot from noses and hiding in public loos to feed. There’s the endless barrage of judgment on how to do motherhood right. There is love: for her partner, for her family, for Little One. There is wonder. ‘It is indescribable/ witnessing this small human change.’ It’s a moving and profoundly personal account. Yet at the same time, Nobody Told Me offers an insight into the shared, unspoken experiences of many mothers. McNish describes Nobody Told Me as ‘All the things I couldn’t talk about.’ It feels like time that we started talking.” Read the full review and more great work from ‘The Skinny’ here: http://bit.ly/2nrFHie
Don’t forget to check out our Mother’s Day event in Libreria this Sunday with writer and artist Francesca Sanna: http://libreria.io/the-journey-francesca-sanna/
#theskinnymag #Libreriarecommends #libtryptich #getyourboobsoutforthekids #holliemcnish
