Description
Candice Brathwaite's much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she'd been told when she was young and needed guidance.
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'This book is like the older sibling you wish you'd had growing up' - Cosmopolitan
'Fans of I Am Not Your Baby Mother, brace for another corker from Candice Brathwaite' - Pandora Sykes
'One of the best books I've read this year' - Yewande Biala
'A sharp, sometimes moving self-help book' - Observer
'Direct, accessible and in parts, very funny' - Guardian
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I Am Not Your Baby Mother was a landmark publication. A Sunday Times top five bestseller in 2020, it was an important call-to-arms allowing mothers to take control and scrap the parenting rulebook to do it their own way.
Sista Sister goes further. It is a compilation of essays about all the things Candice wishes someone had talked to her about when she was a young black girl growing up in London. From family and money to black hair and fashion, as well as colourism and relationships between people of different races, this is a fascinating read that will launch some much-needed conversations, between Sistas and Sisters alike.
Written in Candice's trademark straight-talking, warm and funny style, it will delight her fans, old and new.
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Praise for I Am Not Your Baby Mother
'Accessible, sometimes shocking, honest, and feels written from the heart' - Bernardine Evaristo
'I gobbled it in one weekend and encourage everyone - mother, or otherwise - to do the same' - Pandora Sykes
'Remarkable' - Lorraine Kelly
'Searing' - Dolly Alderton
'I absolutely loved I Am Not Your Baby Mother' - Giovanna Fletcher
'This book is needed for the voiceless' - Nadiya Hussain
'Brilliant' - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
'An essential exploration of the realities of black motherhood in the UK' - Observer
'Urgent part-memoir, part-manifesto about black motherhood' - Red
'[An] original and much-needed guide to navigating black motherhood' - Cosmopolitan
'The woman bringing a fresh perspective to the mumfluencer world' - Grazia
'Every mother, everywhere, should read this book' - OK Magazine
About the Author
Candice Brathwaite is a Sunday Times bestselling author. She is a contributing editor at Grazia and a presenter on Lorraine, and her writing has appeared in the Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, Stylist, Metro and Huffington Post. She is also the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse - an online initiative that aims to ensure many more mothers see themselves reflected online - and a hugely popular influencer.
Reviews
Direct, accessible and in parts, very funny * Guardian *
A sharp, sometimes moving self-help book * Observer *
[I] inhaled this. Fans of I Am Not Your Baby Mother, brace for another corker from Candice Brathwaite * Pandora Sykes *
This book is like the older sibling you wish you'd had growing up. Looking at family, sex, money and Blackness, bestselling author Brathwaite deftly navigates even the trickiest of topics in this compilation of essays, holding up a lens to joy, heartbreak and exactly what it really means to be a young woman * Cosmopolitan *
One of the best books I've read this year * Yewande Biala *
Wise, honest, confronting, beautiful and funny * Sheerluxe *
Inspiring and provocative * Heat *
A witty, honest and transformative collection of essays * The Strategist *
Wise, witty * Evening Standard *
[Sista Sister is like] that older and wiser friend you always wish you'd had * Independent *
The honest and profound words have been chosen carefully and speak volumes about society, making this a must read. Hugely emotive in parts, the author's warmth and humour radiates off the page
* Woman's Way Magazine *Book Information
ISBN 9781529415278
Author Candice Brathwaite
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 403g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 140mm * 26mm