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A downloadable, print-at-home reading guide designed to spark conversation and connection around A Mum Like This.

What’s included?

  • About A Mum Like This

  • A note from the author

  • Key themes

  • Guided Questions: Part 1

  • Guided Questions: Part 2

  • Key passages for group reading

  • Conversation starters

  • Closing thoughts

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“I hope my memoir provides the ‘you’re not going mad’ that I could have done with”

“A Mum Like This was born in the same week as my baby. I wrote poems during night feeds to capture everything I was afraid I’d forget. The startle reflex. That dough-like salamander body. Are those tiny arms made from chipolata sausages?

Once I emerged from the newborn haze and began to unravel my postpartum identity, I uncovered a rarely-discussed side to motherhood that isn’t so sweet and sparkly. Mum-shaming. Postnatal depletion. Motherhood meddlers…

As I I began exploring these topics through prose, my humble poem book metamorphosed into A Mum Like This – a memoir that navigates the often contradictory world of modern motherhood. Now, each chapter is tied up with a poem; one for each week of my first postpartum year.

While writing this book, I met a network of women who grappled with many of the same things as me – it’s just that we were all too depleted to speak about them in the early days. So, if you’re a mum like this, I hope my memoir provides the “you’re not going mad” that I could have done with.”

L.R.TAYLOR

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  • "Like a massive hug. This book was sent to me by a friend and arrived in the earlier days of postpartum. It provided me with more comfort than I can explain. It was as though someone was finally speaking the same language. Thank you Laura for sharing your beautiful journey and for providing us with a space to feel seen. Just incredible… I hope many people read this. Lots of love x

    — Chlo

  • A sometimes-funny and sometimes-heartbreaking insight into the world of motherhood and mental health. Even if you’re not a mum (which I’m not), you can relate to this book. I enjoyed the stories and poems about motherhood, but also mental health and social situations. I have laughed out loud and also cried out loud reading it. The colourful illustrations add a beautiful touch to this lovely book.

    — Taylor

  • This memoir took me right back to the mix of hidden, buried, lost, hazy, sharp, never to be forgotten, beautiful, joyful memories of my own motherhood journey. Giving words to feelings and experiences I found hard to define, so a huge thank you to Laura for so eloquently writing her memoir which rings so true. As with motherhood some sections will speak to you more than others but every piece of writing is so beautifully formed and as a consequence made me smile, laugh, cry and most importantly remember to be kind to myself as a mother and to feel proud of the kindnesses I have given freely to other mothers and to know it matters. An important achievement of a book🌟

    — Ginny