The Other Mother: A wickedly honest parenting tale for every kind of family
Book formats
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Hardcover No offers
Book short specifications
- Author
- Jen Brister
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Language
- english
- Release date
- September 5, 2019
- ISBN
- 9781910931967
- GTIN
- 9781910931967
- Weight, g
- 444
About
'Hysterical, important, moving, wonderful' Sara Pascoe
I'm Jen Brister, stand-up comedian, middle-aged adolescent and, more recently, a mum. But not that mum — I'm the other one. Confused? Let’s back up a bit. Two years ago, my partner (a woman — we're not solicitors) gave birth to twins. Yes. Yes. Already there’s a lot to take in here: gay mums, twins, solicitors... (I know! Believe me, I’m still reeling myself.)
Like every new parent, I had absolutely no clue what I was doing. Add ‘gay’ and ‘non-biological’ to the mix and what do you get? Not a weird box of detergent, but a panicked beige lesbian desperately googling, ‘Will my babies love me?’ at 3 a.m.
This is a book for any parent who feels they don’t fit the mould of a traditional 2.4 family. Stand-up comedian Jen Brister takes a very funny, very honest look at life as a parent: from IVF awfulness to crying over the pages of sleep training manuals. As ‘the other mother’ she has the perfect vantage point for us to laugh and cry alongside her.