Nobody Told Me

Zusatztext For a lyrical take on pregnancy and parenthood , look no further than Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood from award-winning poet Hollie McNish. This beautifully written book includes a series of poems and stories, lifted from Hollie's personal diaries on becoming a parent, and documents her journey from pregnancy to taking her child to pre-school for the first time Informationen zum Autor Hollie McNish is an award-winning poet based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She won the Ted Hughes Award for Nobody Told Me and has published three other collections - Plum, Cherry Pie and Papers. Klappentext Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2016 Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2016 Zusammenfassung Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2016

For a lyrical take on pregnancy and parenthood, look no further than Nobody Told Me: Poetry and
Parenthood from award-winning poet Hollie McNish. This beautifully written book includes a series of
poems and stories, lifted from Hollie's personal diaries on becoming a parent, and documents her journey
from pregnancy to taking her child to pre-school for the first time

Préface
Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2016

Auteur

Hollie McNish is an award-winning poet based between Cambridge and Glasgow. She won the Ted Hughes Award for Nobody Told Me and has published three other collections - Plum, Cherry Pie and Papers.

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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. But Hollie learned. And she's still learning, slowly. Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories; Hollie'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.

Résumé

Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry

'This 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' Scotland on Sunday

'Fascinating and honest' Mumsnet

'Like talking to a friend' Observer

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 an audience member; how drum'n'bass can make a great lullaby. And that's before you even start on toddlers.

But Hollie learned. And she's still learning, slowly.

Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories; Hollie'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.