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informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
A different, but relatable, take on motherhood from my own.
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I first started following Candice on Instagram during the make motherhood diverse campaign as I was looking for mummy pages that weren't posh women in Breton stripes! A problem of representation covered in this book as Candace discusses her difficulties with her mental health and finding mum friends after the birth of her 1st child.
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As you would expect if you follow Candice, this was very easy to read. It's quite autobiographical but in a way that highlights the issues Black mothers face that women of other races might not. Although thanks to the Tory government we can now all enjoy substandard NHS care and near death experiences during childbirth!
She occasionally feels the need to really justify her choices as though she expects the reader to be questioning her and I feel like her defensive stance makes me question it more.
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As always with books on Black Britain, Glasgow gets a shout out for managing to be full of super stabby white boys! We're here to show that knife crime is a poverty problem not a race problem and putting messages on fried chicken boxes is not helpful!
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Recommended for all the parents and the medical professionals.
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I first started following Candice on Instagram during the make motherhood diverse campaign as I was looking for mummy pages that weren't posh women in Breton stripes! A problem of representation covered in this book as Candace discusses her difficulties with her mental health and finding mum friends after the birth of her 1st child.
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As you would expect if you follow Candice, this was very easy to read. It's quite autobiographical but in a way that highlights the issues Black mothers face that women of other races might not. Although thanks to the Tory government we can now all enjoy substandard NHS care and near death experiences during childbirth!
She occasionally feels the need to really justify her choices as though she expects the reader to be questioning her and I feel like her defensive stance makes me question it more.
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As always with books on Black Britain, Glasgow gets a shout out for managing to be full of super stabby white boys! We're here to show that knife crime is a poverty problem not a race problem and putting messages on fried chicken boxes is not helpful!
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Recommended for all the parents and the medical professionals.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy and Racism
Moderate: Sexual harassment
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