Motherland av Priya Joi

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<p><b>''This is the kind of book I wish I had access to as a young mum'' Nadiya Hussain</b><br>___________<br><br>What does it mean to be a parent in a space where you are the minority?<br><br>Meandering through a supermarket highway of camembert and baguettes, Priya Joi heard a heart-stopping confession about her daughter''s identity that made her entire being implode like a dying star. Confronted with the fact that maybe her daughter was not entirely at peace with her appearance, she suddenly had to grapple not only with motherhood but also <i>how </i>to talk to her kid about race and identity.<br><br>In <i>M(other)land, </i>Joi writes powerfully about how her personal and cultural identity intersect with motherhood - and how they inform her identity as a (British-Indian) parent and step-parent. The book is her powerful, witty response to the absence of an inclusive, accessible blueprint for navigating life as a multi-faceted mother. By sharing her own story, she writes into this sil