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4.45 AVERAGE
4.45 AVERAGE
A lovely read. Thank you for being honest about motherhood.
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
I am in love so so much. Hollie creates a beautiful prose of poetry mixed with memoir talking about her experiences with being a new parent. Nobody Told Me is a heartbreaking, challenging read, but honest and rewarding all the same. Highly recommend
A truly beautiful book. Hollie talks about everything to do with pregnancy and parenting but in an amazing way. She is so talented. No holds barred, she tackles the tough, difficult aspects of parenting, those aspects everyone hides or feels ashamed about. She also talks about those lovely moments of joy that these little people bring to our lives. This is a well rounded book talking about all sides of parenting
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
funny
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medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Pregnancy
Moderate: Misogyny, Blood
No he sentido mucha conexión con la autora, supongo que el hecho de no ser madre ha hecho q no acabara de conectar con ella.
Es entretenido y hace reflexiones interesantes, pero al final me parecía repetitivo.
El tema de los poemas supongo que en inglés tienen mucha mas sonoridad.
Es entretenido y hace reflexiones interesantes, pero al final me parecía repetitivo.
El tema de los poemas supongo que en inglés tienen mucha mas sonoridad.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Nobody Told Me is a combination of prose and poetry by British author Hollie McNish. I first discovered Hollie McNish through a poetry book called Cherry Pie - I also recommend that one. Nobody Told Me is about pregnancy, motherhood, and parenthood. It's a diary starting with an unexpected positive pregnancy test and going through when her daughter turns three. I really loved it – I liked the way she articulates all the challenges and frustrations of this ordinary - extraordinary part of life. She talks about everything from people's responses to her being an unmarried mother, to working as a pregnant person, sharing childrearing work with her partner, having a biracial child, her fears and difficulties around the physical challenges of pregnancy and postpartum, parental leave and child care. I especially loved a chapter about how much she has to go out of her way to have her daughter's toys and books and stories include people who aren't just white and straight. When she lets her daughter pick out whatever she wants at the library, as she loves to do, she rarely ends up with books with characters that look like her (curly haired & brown skinned). And while there's lots of love stories and marriages, there are not any books where the people in love are LGB. And when Hollie supplements with children's books with queer or brown skinned people in them, she gets the strangest responses. I don't know when it will sink in for the world that if the deluge of hetero love stories didn't turn every gay child straight, that a few gay books isn't going to turn their children gay.
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Anyway. Hollie does such a good job of finding the words for difficult and emotional topics and always manages to precisely put her finger on the core of the issue. I dog eared so many pages. I don't have any kids yet, but I already think of this book often and I'm sure I'll return to it when I do.
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Anyway. Hollie does such a good job of finding the words for difficult and emotional topics and always manages to precisely put her finger on the core of the issue. I dog eared so many pages. I don't have any kids yet, but I already think of this book often and I'm sure I'll return to it when I do.
I read this by audiobook, which was absolutely fine best way to access this book so you can hear the rhythm and cadence of the narrative and especially the poems included.
However, I just thought this was too long..
Even though there's an element of repetition alluded to within Hollie's experience, the actual content of this book ended up actually being repetitive. If it had been a shorter work, I think it would have been more concentrated and impactful. Regardless, there were some quotable poems in here and at times reminded me of the style of Kae Tempest, which is always a good time and something I admire.
However, I just thought this was too long..
Even though there's an element of repetition alluded to within Hollie's experience, the actual content of this book ended up actually being repetitive. If it had been a shorter work, I think it would have been more concentrated and impactful. Regardless, there were some quotable poems in here and at times reminded me of the style of Kae Tempest, which is always a good time and something I admire.