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notthataaliyah's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
victoriayates's review against another edition
5.0
I highly highly recommend this book! It is so timely and important but also so well-written; Candice Brathwaite’s words are wise, honest and moving. This manifesto/ memoir educated, enlightened and inspired me. Definitely one of my books of the year!
martynahanna's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyed it as a memoir as well as an insight into what it means to be a Black woman in Britain today. Great to read Candice after I heard her speak at a panel back in June (where she reduced me to tears with her birth story in between me photographing her speak). Very well written as well, it flows and I loved the play of words with the title.
emmafluff15's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
kindledspiritsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
I Am Not Your Baby Mother is an observant, funny, devastating and deeply personal look at the homogenous portrayal of motherhood in British culture and the problems this creates and compounds for black mothers. Candice Braithwaite shines a light on issues that, due to my privilege, I hadn’t been aware of, such as the fear of raising children of colour in a city environment vs the fear that they’ll be ostracised for their race in a more rural community. My heart broke reading these sections and I can’t begin to imagine how much agonising goes into these decisions for millions of parents every day. The section of childbirth experiences was also so timely. I think people are becoming increasingly aware of failures in U.K. maternity care, coupled with devastating cuts to the NHS as well as changing expectations of how birth ‘should’ be on the part of mothers and how this is creating a time bomb for trauma and neglect of mothers, particularly mothers of colour. It’s an incredibly complicated landscape with no easy solutions but it was great to see the brilliant work of MBRRACE-UK highlighted and hopefully this book will spread awareness of this issue far and wide. Since I've finished reading it, I find myself referring back to this book in conversation again and again. Like all good memoirs, it lingers in the mind and offers a new lens through which to view the world.
sarah_harri5's review against another edition
5.0
A must-read for all parents. Change is a challenge
jaime_c's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
The thesis of this book was not well defined.
proudlocks's review against another edition
4.0
Down to earth, real, raw. Touches on subjects that need to be spoken about - educate yourself.