From the acclaimed filmmaker and Sunday Times bestselling author comes a frank insightful and
heartwarming exploration of the myriad issues surrounding contemporary motherhood. "It was the
first time I'd ever signed 'Mummy' and it was a goodbye letter." "I feel so honoured to have
carried you both for nine months and delivered you safely into the arms of your parents." "I
knew I had to be in that little girl's life. The next time I got out I never used drugs
again." "As a refugee I say to my daughter 'You have been born in a safe place. Never take
that for granted.'" After having her first child Stacey Dooley had a new understanding of
what family means - but not everyone's experience of motherhood is the same. In Dear Minnie
Stacey brings her trademark empathy and investigative skill to an entirely new 'frontline'
exploring the varied perspectives of mothers of all experiences. Using letters that each mother
has written to their child as her starting point Stacey's frank honest and moving inquiry
takes in experiences from pregnancy to birth and beyond uncovering the messy truths and
different emotional journeys women take as well as the common bonds they all share. Dear
Minnie shines a light on the quiet selflessness resilience pain trauma grief and joy of
every kind of mother to tell a story that transcends culture and geography and speaks to us
all.
