I Am Not Your Baby Mother

By Candice Brathwaite,

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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

'Really good ... accessible, sometimes shocking, honest, and feels written from the heart' - Bernardine Evaristo

'I gobbled it in one weekend and encourage everyone - mother, or otherwise - to do the same' - Pandora Sykes

'Remarkable' - Lorraine Kelly

'Searing' - Dolly Alderton

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As Spilt Milkā€™s protagonist Bea Straw is a mum-blogger, I was keen to read experiences of real-life ā€œmummy influencersā€. Braithwaiteā€™s book ā€“ part memoir, part manifesto ā€“ was of particular interest because she is Black, somewhat of a rarity in the picture of motherhood painted by social media that tends to be both very white and very middle class. 

Documenting the difficult birth of her daughter and the subsequent mishandled complications, Braithwaite exposes the many and varied ways in which women of colour are disadvantaged and endangered by racial bias. 

While light in tone, thereā€™s a power and vulnerabilityā€¦

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