Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood

Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood by Hollie McNish. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780349134352.

There were many things that Hollie McNish didnt know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach. These were on top of the many other things she didnt know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as a member of the audience; how drumnbass can make a great lullaby. And thats before you even start on toddlers: how to answer a question like is the world a jigsaw?; dealing with a 10-hour train ride together; and how children can be caregivers, too. But Hollie learned. And shes still learning, slowly. Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories taken from Hollies diaries - one persons thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain, on trying to become a parent in modern Britain, on sex, commercialism, feeding, gender and finding secret places to scream once in a while.