What Have I Done by Laura Dockrill

My thanks to Kate Neilan of Vintage (Penguin RandomHouse) for sending me a copy of What Have I Done. The decision to read was my own and this review forms my honest opinion. Blurb This is a raw, courageous and honest recovery story that breaks the silence on one of life’s best-kept secrets. Written from … Continue reading What Have I Done by Laura Dockrill →

Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder

*I requested the opportunity to read Little Bandaged Days via Netgalley. The decision to read was my own and this review forms my honest opinion. Blurb A mother moves to Geneva with her husband and their two young children. In their beautiful new rented apartment, surrounded by their rented furniture, and several Swiss instructions to … Continue reading Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder →

Thank you, Lucy Ellman

Yesterday I read the Guardian interview with Lucy Ellman and quietly seethed as I read *that* paragraph. The one where she essentially assigns mothers to two decades of being vapid airheads after giving birth. I probably shouldn't be writing this post, particularly given the fact that I have another eighteen years to serve before I'm … Continue reading Thank you, Lucy Ellman →

Bad Mommy, Stay Mommy by Elisabeth Horan

My thanks to the publisher, Fly on the Wall Poetry Press and Anne Cater for inviting me to take part in this blog tour. I was instantly intrigued by Bad Mommy, Stay Mommy. My experience of motherhood with my firstborn was blighted by postnatal depression, and as a result I am fascinated by prose and … Continue reading Bad Mommy, Stay Mommy by Elisabeth Horan →

My PND: Coming Home

This is the second part in a series of blog posts (you can read part one here) I am writing around my experience of Postnatal Depression. I find it incredibly difficult to write about even now, but I know that when I was going through it I would have gained much comfort from reading 'real' … Continue reading My PND: Coming Home →

My PND: In The Beginning…

This is the first part in a series of blog posts I am writing around my experience of Postnatal Depression. I find it incredibly difficult to write about even now, but I know that when I was going through it I would have gained much comfort from reading 'real' experiences; to know that I wasn't … Continue reading My PND: In The Beginning… →