
Our Brave Hearts
Wise Words for Mothers
Jacqueline Kelly(Author)
Leaping Hare Press
Will be published approx. on 19. February 2026
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-83600-759-3 (ISBN)
Description
Modern motherhood is fraught with contradictions and oh so difficult to navigate. Balancing out your fierce and all-consuming love with the desire to just be left in peace for a few minutes, juggling the pressure to put someone else's needs first with the sense that you're losing your grasp of the person you once were ... it's all too easy to feel confused, angry and, well, lost.
Jacqueline Kelly knows how you feel and knows how to help. Her honest, compassionate writing is a soothing balm to anyone going through the heady cocktail of confusion, joy, rage and adoration that is new motherhood.
Jacqueline Kelly knows how you feel and knows how to help. Her honest, compassionate writing is a soothing balm to anyone going through the heady cocktail of confusion, joy, rage and adoration that is new motherhood.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 172 mm
Width: 115 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
255 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83600-759-3 (9781836007593)
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E-Book
02/2026
Leaping Hare Press
€16.49
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Persons
Jacqueline is a certified life coach and matrescence psychotherapist for mums who feel like they've lost sight of themselves in motherhood. She helps them get very clear and confident about who they are now at this stage of their motherhood journey. Jacqueline has spent years challenging the unrealistic standards of motherhood that we are encouraged to aspire to and in doing this has redefined what's possible not just for her but for the mothers that she works with. She is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Rosie Lovelock is an Artist and Printmaker working in South East London, England. Influenced by the female form, botanical shapes and the colours, shapes and people around her. She loves working with fine lines and patterns and is driven to include such things in the art that she makes. When she is not printing, she can be found filling up sketch books with drawings of flora and fauna.
Rosie Lovelock is an Artist and Printmaker working in South East London, England. Influenced by the female form, botanical shapes and the colours, shapes and people around her. She loves working with fine lines and patterns and is driven to include such things in the art that she makes. When she is not printing, she can be found filling up sketch books with drawings of flora and fauna.
Content
Introduction
The birth of a mother
The act of mothering
The grief of a mother
A mother and her loved ones
When I lost my self
My self, my strength
Mental Health Resources
Further Reading
About the Author
About the Illustrator