A stunning new collection of short stories about motherhood selected and introduced by Candice
Brathwaite. ______________'To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its
perfect power. Or the climbing falling colours of a rainbow' MAYA ANGELOU The story of
motherhood is an endlessly rich one: it's one of love - and all the highs and lows that come
with that world-turning emotion - and in the purest sense of life itself. Within these pages
some of the finest writers in the world explore motherhood in wildly varying modes from single
parenthood to sisters coparenting from the deepest hardships to the biggest celebrations.
Selected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother. Stories by
Lydia Davis Anita Desai Mary Gaitskill Tessa Hadley Jamaica Kincaid Toni Morrison Ngugi
wa Thiong'o Irenosen Okojie Casey Plett Tabitha Siklos Helen Simpson Ali Smith
