SIGNED Maternity Service - PRE-ORDER FOR 13/3/25

SIGNED Maternity Service - PRE-ORDER FOR 13/3/25

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Pre-order your SIGNED copy of Maternity Service by Emma Barnett for £12.99. 

Publication date: 13 March 2024

**Offer available until midnight on 12 March 2024**

NOTE: Pre-Orders will only be posted/available to collect following the publication date above. 

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The essential companion for every mother embarking on maternity leave'In one important sense maternity leave is poorly named, as it involves no actual leave. You are constantly on, even when your offspring is having a nap. There is nothing restful about it.

In another sense maternity leave is aptly named, because it’s a period of leave from all you know: taking leave of one’s mind, body, job, and relationships'When Emma Barnett began her second maternity leave, she realized that, despite having been there before, as soon as her first leave finished the rose-tinted lenses had descended and she immediately forgot what the experience was actually like when you’re in it. This collective forgetting, which leads to well-meaning comments such as ‘enjoy every minute’ and ‘treasure this special time’, is doing a disservice to women, leaving them unprepared for the more complicated reality of what it means to be on maternity service. In this warmly reassuring, refreshingly honest book, Emma sets out to capture this reality, in real time while on her latest tour of duty.

She isn’t offering advice on sleep-training or weaning or helping your baby reach milestones. Instead, this book is a celebration and acknowledgement of the work of being on maternity leave, with its soaring highs and challenging lows, and its impact on how women feel about our purpose and ourselves.

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by Emma Barnett (Author)
Format:Hardback 144 pages
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Fig Tree
ISBN:9780241696392
Published:13 Mar 2025


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