Today Tara and Ana Sampson explore some great ideas for books for everyone’s Christmas list. We talk about motherhood, the secret world of the hospital, pretentious gifts, and the power of nature among many other relevant topics.
Find Ana @anabooks on Instagram and twitter or her website https://www.anasampson.co.uk
Her stunning recent anthology “Night Feeds and Morning Songs” is well worth a read too (and look out for a guest discussing that on this podcast in a few weeks' time)
Ana’s Top 5 for your Christmas List
The Republic of Motherhood – Liz Berry
Performance of the title poem here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDyvUDZPyL0
Nightbitch – Rachel Yoder
Can you hear me? – Jake Jones
Histories – Sam Guglani
Wintering – Katherine May
Other Books we talked about
Ophelia Swam – Kelley Swain
After the storm – Emma Jane Unsworth
Larchfield – Polly Clarke
I am not your Babymother – Candice Braithwaite
I love you but I have Chosen Darkness - Claire Vaye Watkins
Other more medical resources
RCGP Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit
https://www.rcgp.org.uk/clinical-and-research/resources/toolkits/perinatal-mental-health-toolkit.aspx
RCOG response to the MBRACE report
https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/news/rcog-responds-to-latest-mbrrace-uk-maternal-report/