‘Foxglove’ by Nadia Henderson: from Tools for Surviving a Storm: Eleven Tales of Nature, Love and Fear

By Nadia Henderson

Read Foxglove from Nadia Henderson's collection Tools for Surviving the Storm. This incisive short story explores how mother's debilitating fear turns to obsession. Read More

Mother

By Sophie Titcomb

Sophie Titcomb's non-fiction piece charts her experience of gradual knowing; of my body and heart knowing better than she did how to love and care for her son, while she was still adjusting to (and in some ways, struggling with) the concept of being a mother. Read More

New Baby Smell

By Briony Bunker

Briony's poem explores the wisdom gained from having a baby - the truths that confound expectations and the secret, unspoken club you join with other parents. Read More

Mother

By Suzanna Fitzpatrick

Suzanna Fitzpatrick's visceral poem considers the socially-enforced self-denial of motherhood. Read More

Spark

By Simone Woods

Becoming a mother to her son encouraged Simone Woods to rediscover her creative self. Read More

MOTHERHOOD | Sarosh Nandwani examines the overlap of being, and not being, a mother.

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ARRIVAL | Amy Feldman shares how the first days of motherhood changed her expectations of bonding with her baby.

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ROCKED AWAKE | Judy Darley shares her interpretation of the changeling myth, where nature creeps in.

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MOTHERBOND | Jo Somerset evokes the pushes and pulls between a child and parent.

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ON HOW MOTHERHOOD HELD ME BACK FROM MYSELF AND I WAS GRATEFUL | The necessity of stasis has given Laura White peace – but wild nights aren’t forgotten.

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