This week, Miranda France explores a suite of books about motherhood; and we survey the pick of this autumn’s fiction with Toby Lichtig.
‘Don’t Forget to Scream: Unspoken Truths About Motherhood’ by Marianne Levy
‘Motherhood: Feminism’s Unfinished Business’ by Eliane Glaser
‘Motherload: Modern Motherhood and How to Survive It’ by Ingrid Wassenaar
The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem’ by Julie Phillips
’Still Born’ by Guadelupe Nettel, translated by Rosalind Harvey
‘Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation’ by Sophie Lewis
’The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ by Shehan Karunatilaka
’The Trees’ by Percival Everett
‘Haven’ by Emma Donoghue
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