Reviews

I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite

heathssm's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

mmmais's review against another edition

5.0

Incredibly insightful, educational and entertaining. Candice provides such a skill in telling stories whilst also pertaining to educate and inform those who need to read such a book. I love her writing style so much!

ruthlemon08's review against another edition

5.0

This book was so enlightening and covers so many important issues. I read it in 5 hours, inspired by Candice’s commitment to her children, family and heritage, as a black British mother. A window I’ll never be able to see the word through, but one I feel now that I can begin to understand.

bookofcinz's review against another edition

3.0

I Am Not Your Baby Mother was written by Candice Brathwaite at a time when Black British women did not have the safe space to talk about being mothers and mothering their children. Brathwaite said this book is part memoir and part manifesto and when you read it you will find out why.

I decided to read this book because of.... the title... I have no interest in being a Mother much less a Baby mother but what I do find interesting is how taboo (even in 2021) it is to be a Baby Mother. I love that Candice explores this in her book and we are given a BLACK experience through it all. I enjoyed hearing about her family upbringing- sis did not hold anything back, all the family business out the door. What I enjoyed was how real she was in this book, if you are a first time Mom, I strongly recommend picking this up.

I felt the ending was a bit all over the place but this is expected with a debut memoir. Overall a strong read.

ashbyreads's review against another edition

5.0

Loved it. A must read for all white women.

wamboikay's review against another edition

5.0

100% a new favourite author!!

davidgilani's review against another edition

4.0

Brathwaite's book is about living as a Black mother in Britain. I think that, maybe because of her experience as a blogger and digital community leader, this book was more accessible and succinct than many others that have covered similar topics. Although I did feel that it perhaps sometimes lacked in depth or going beyond her own individual experience to look at the nature of the systemic issues that she's living through - that's perhaps more a personal preference on my part.

fee_mak's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad

3.5

ettwah's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

notthataaliyah's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5