{"product_id":"nobody-told-me-9780349726571","title":"Nobody Told Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eThis book should be required reading for anyone thinking of having a baby, or even anyone who knows someone who is thinking of having a baby\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eFascinating and honest\u003c\/b\u003e'' Mumsnet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eLike talking to a friend\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were many things that Hollie McNish didn''t know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach. These were on top of the many other things she didn''t know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as an audience member; how drum''n''bass can make a great lullaby. And that''s before you even start on toddlers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Hollie learned. And she''s still learning, slowly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNobody Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poems and stories; Hollie''s thoughts on raising a child in modern Britai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe world needs these poems - and so does every parent\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Interspersed with passages of spiky, penetrating prose, they offer a series of vivid snapshots of the highly emotional, frequently paranoid and always sleep-deprived experience of the first-time parent . . . The world needs this book. It should be required reading for anyone thinking of having a baby, or even anyone who knows someone who is thinking of having a baby. And \u003cb\u003eI can't help wondering if these islands would be a happier and more pleasant place to live if \u003ci\u003eNobody Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e was made a compulsory sex-ed set text in our schools\u003c\/b\u003e. Politicians, please take note * Scotland on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eThe things no one tells you before you have a baby are numerous - Hollie McNish turns them into epic poems about the transformation of your body and Mr Whippy vans. \u003cb\u003eYou'll learn a lot\u003c\/b\u003e * Grazia *\u003cbr\u003eMcNish does not shy away from discussing the pain, emotional and physical, the fraying of self that comes with sleep deprivation, the poo, snot, seepages and leakages, but she also captures the bliss and wonder. Her rhymes have a driving quality, urgent words pinning down fleeting feelings, and her prose is warm and conversational, \u003cb\u003elike speaking to a friend\u003c\/b\u003e * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eFrom a poem about morning sickness to a story about enduring a public toddler tantrum, [Hollie McNish] \u003cb\u003eprovides beautifully written solidarity\u003c\/b\u003e covering both the trials and the joys of being a parent -- 10 Best Parenting Books * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eHollie's poems are deep and delicate. They move across you in a way that's so gentle you almost don't realise how they've gone straight for the gut till you're thinking of them, by accident, days later.\u003cb\u003e She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love.\u003c\/b\u003e She points out the absurdities we've grown too used to and lets us see the world with fresh eyes. Her poetry is welcoming, galvanising and beautiful.\u003cb\u003e She's always been one of my favourites\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kate Tempest\u003cbr\u003eIt's a moving and profoundly personal account. Yet at the same time, \u003ci\u003eNobody Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insight into the shared, unspoken experiences of many mothers. McNish describes Nobody Told Me as 'All the things I couldn't talk about.' It feels like time that we started talking * The Skinny *\u003cbr\u003eHer poetry has never shied away from issues of gender, race, commercialism and parenthood but it always delivers \u003cb\u003etouching and accessible insights\u003c\/b\u003e, and this book will surely do the same * The Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cb\u003ea lyrical take on pregnancy and parenthood\u003c\/b\u003e, look no further than\u003ci\u003e Nobody Told Me: Poetry and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParenthood\u003c\/i\u003e from award-winning poet Hollie McNish. This \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written \u003c\/b\u003ebook includes a series of\u003cbr\u003epoems and stories, lifted from Hollie's personal diaries on becoming a parent, and documents her journey\u003cbr\u003efrom pregnancy to taking her child to pre-school for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e * Independent *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733692395863,"sku":"9780349726571","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349726571.jpg?v=1720001246","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nobody-told-me-9780349726571","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}