There 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 a member of
the audience; how drum'n'bass can make a great lullaby.
And
that's before you even start on toddlers: how to answer a question like
'is the world a jigsaw?'; dealing with a ten-hour train ride together;
and how children can be caregivers too. But Hollie learned. And
she's still learning, slowly.
Nobody Told Me is a collection of
poems and stories taken from Hollie's diaries; one person's thoughts on
raising a child in modern Britain, of trying to become a parent in
modern Britain, of sex, commercialism, feeding, gender and of finding
secret places to scream once in a while.
Nobody Told Me : Poetry and Parenthood - Hollie McNish
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