HOLDING THE BABY

My favourite person on the politics of parenthood Pandora SykesExhilarating, infuriating, urgent and human Daisy BuchananA blazing, brilliant read ` compassionate, convincing, funny! Amy LiptrotHonest, unflinching and necessary Sara PascoeFunny and brisk ` urgent and incisive Rob DelaneyA timely and important book Clover StroudIts time to share the motherload.A memoir culminating in a manifesto, Holding the Baby sets out to understand why we still treat early parenthood as an individual slog rather than a shared cultural responsibility. Tracing her own journey to the nadir of sleeplessness via social retreat and murderous rage, Frizzell draws on the latest research to explore:- What effect does parenting have on your career`- How can we make childcare affordable and fit for purpose`- If parenting is so hard, why does anyone ever do it more than once`Funny, reassuring and radically ambitious, Holding the Baby sheds light on the ways in which we fail new parents, and offers a rallying crying that we fight for a better alternative.