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''Intellectually luminous and deeply affecting, Mother State is a remarkable, revelatory and life-changing book, and an indispensable tool and guide in the ongoing struggle towards radical, liberated and collective care'' Daisy Lafarge
''With ease and precision, Charman examines all the waged and unwaged labour that create mothers as well as the political processes that produce their vexed relationship to the British state. Mother State is at once a sorely needed politicised history of motherhood sharp and critical and a tender love letter to her own mother's knees'' Lola Olufemi
''This monumental book will inform the future of action and thinking on the politics of motherhood for generations to come. I hope everyone reads this book. It feels like we are in a new golden age of political, cultural and critical writing, with Helen Charman at the forefront'' Holly Pester
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