
How to (really) be a mother
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Motherhood has never been so dissected, deconstructed and discussed. Now on baby number 3, Emily Hourican has started to wise up to the prettily-packaged ideals of perfection that mothers are drip-fed on a daily basis - a rose-tinted concoction of Cath Kidston aprons, glowing Agas and fresh baked buns - that none of us really has the ability to live up to.
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- Intro
- Title page
- Dedication
- Introduction: From Genesis to Revolution
- Part I: Birth
- Chapter 1: The Big Bang
- Chapter 2: Alone at Last. Oh Dear ...
- Chapter 3: You Will Never Be the Lady in the Ad
- Chapter 4: The Power of No
- Chapter 5: When in Doubt, Get a Guru
- Chapter 6: Two's Company
- Chapter 7: Breast Is ... Breast
- Chapter 8: Everyone Blames the Parents
- Chapter 9: And the Parents Blame Themselves
- Chapter 10: Yummy Mummies
- Part II: Rebirth
- Chapter 11: The Past Is Another Country (Literally - It's Belgium)
- Chapter 12: It's Pure Poison
- Chapter 13: Did You See EastEnders Last Night?
- Part III: After Birth
- Chapter 14: The Mother of All Madness
- Chapter 15: School Gate Style
- Chapter 16: Meet Mrs Mop
- Chapter 17: In Praise of Women
- Chapter 18: Play what?
- Chapter 19: Future-proof Parenting
- Chapter 20: The Triumph of the Won't
- Chapter 21: Happily Ever After
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About Gill & Macmillan
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