No One Talks About This Stuff
Twenty-Two Stories of Almost Parenthood
A profound and honest anthology in which twenty-two writers share everyday experiences from their pursuit of parenthood.
No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents: it is a place to share journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet.
So, we hear from a stepmother who wrestles with infertility. A husband and wife each tell their experience of losing their baby. A lesbian comes of age at a time when gay people rarely become parents. A father finds loss to be his unlikely superpower. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder impacts a person’s choices about having a family. A black woman unpacks ancestral shame while finding renewed purpose. And each person shares how they lived through it.
This captivatingly beautiful, profound and honest anthology opens a much-needed conversation about society, family and honouring the missing children we will never forget.
Kat Brown is a freelance journalist and commentator whose work, covering arts and entertainment as well as her experience with infertility and adult ADHD diagnosis, has appeared across national print and broadcast. She has published two books within one month of each other (which is very ADHD), No One Talks About This Stuff (ed.) and It’s Not A Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult. She loves horse riding, tarot, and quizzes, and captained The Jillies on BBC Two’s Only Connect — arguably the greatest quiz show in existence. Kat lives in south London with her husband, their dog, and two appalling cats.
