Mother Ship

ISBN-13: 9781784709464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str.

Francesca Segal

Opis

'Heart-wrenching, heart-warming and heartfelt' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to HurtAfter her twin girls are born early, Francesca Segal finds herself keeping vigil by their side in hospital, all romantic expectations of new parenthood obliterated. Her gripping diary of those months combines the tenderness of a love poem with the compulsive pace of a thriller. As each day brings a fresh challenge for her and her babies, Francesca makes a temporary life among a band of mothers who are vivid, fearless and inspiring, taking care not only of their children but of one another.'A beautiful memoir: wise, moving and profoundly humane' Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail

Recenzje

A heart-wrenching insight into what must have been such a fragile, overwhelming and terrifying time - yet there's humour in there too. Beautiful Giovanna Fletcher

O autorze

Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer and journalist. She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Innocents (2012) and The Awkward Age (2017), and a memoir of NICU motherhood, Mother Ship (2019). Her writing has won the 2012 Costa First Novel Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and been longlisted for the Women's Prize.