My Wild and Sleepless Nights: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Even as she’s bracingly direct about the frustrations of motherhood, Stroud also revels in the delights.

You want to take the book in in small portions as you know it will end but you don't want it to end. Although I’m over that now, I am wondering if, at the age of 49, I still have time to have another 3 children. At times her honesty gives you a jolt of recognition of something you have experienced yourself, and at other times it can be shockingly frank. Autorka měla první dítě v 16 a až když se dostala na počet pět dětí, řekla si "stačí a teď se budu věnovat sobě".Upon expecting my second baby I enjoyed reading this nothing held back, honest opinions on motherhood you often don't hear. As a mum of six I’m deeply grateful to read Clover’s book, putting into words the vast roller coaster of emotions that mothering can bring. This is an engrossing read about women’s bodies and birth, the mothering of babies and teenagers, that will make mothers feel seen and allow anyone with a mother to empathise in myriad ways with what women give of themselves to their children, even when they don’t always get it ‘right’. Reading this book is like listening to a friend who describes your own feelings, doubts and frustrations.

Notice to Internet Explorer users Server security: Please note Internet Explorer users with versions 9 and 10 now need to enable TLS 1. Clover Stroud’s powerhouse of a memoir gets closer than anything else I have read to answering that question. Sometimes the novels chosen are new, often they are from the backlist and occasionally re-issued from way back.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Her own mother was brain damaged in a horrific riding accident when Stroud was 16: “Much of my life has been about seeking strong motion both to make me feel alive and distract from the pain of existence.