Modern motherhood is fraught with contradictions and oh so difficult to navigate. Balancing out your fierce and all-consuming love with the desire to just be left in peace for a few minutes, juggling the pressure to put someone else’s needs first with the sense that you’re losing your grasp of the person you once were … it’s all too easy to feel confused, angry and, well, lost. Jacqueline Kelly knows how you feel and knows how to help. Her honest, compassionate writing is a soothing balm to anyone going through the heady cocktail of confusion, joy, rage and adoration that is new motherhood.