Express Yourself. A 'Mamoir'. The book.
Express Yourself. A 'Mamoir'. The book.
£20.00
When Jo's baby refused to breastfeed, she documented the process of exclusively expressing milk (every 3 hours for 6 months) as a way to make the task more bearable. Here is a brutally honest and comedic account of what happens to women attempting to maintain their former selves whilst trying to be 'perfect mum'. This book manages to debunk the myth of the magic of motherhood - a painful process that led to the amazing discovery that there are no rules: we are all warriors.
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Express Yourself.
A ‘Mamoir’
by Jo Bowis
A brilliantly written, lively and light-hearted account of the trials of early motherhood that leaves the reader at once highly amused and completely in awe of the resilience, resourcefulness and warrior hearts of women. With picture and print, Jo Bowis shares with us the colourful escapades that result while dutifully providing breast milk for a new born baby boy who refuses to feed from the breast. This book should be required reading for all men. We do the easy bit. We produce a spoonful of sperm, deliver it to a woman or sometimes to a test tube and that’s it, job done. It is women who must host a parasite that takes root inside them, grows to gargantuan proportions, then demands to be released. But a baby does not step out into the world meekly and gently with a polite bow. No, no, a baby thanks its gracious host by stretching and tearing her delicate innards as it fights to break loose. Thanks, kid. And then for Jo Bowis comes the many challenges of mastering a breast pump to feed her new born child, all the while fulfilling her duties as actor, singer, performer and woman for all seasons. Amidst this exuberant mayhem, however, rests a gentle, unspoken message. We all owe women the greatest debt of gratitude. Without women and their strength, endurance, love and total motherly devotion, none of us would exist. Readers! Buy this book! Laugh, learn and laud! It is a wonderfully funny and inspirational creation.
Colin Bruce”