No One Talks about This Stuff: 20 Writers on Their Experience of (In)Fertility, Childlessness, Baby Loss and Almost Motherhood

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 has appeared in the Telegraph, Grazia, The Independent, The Times, Empire, The Lady, and more. She is a regular guest on national radio and television. Kat mainly covers arts and entertainment, but her more personal work on her experience of IVF, childlessness, and adult ADHD diagnosis has struck a particular chord with readers - or indeed anyone who has seen her extremely varied CV and gone, ＂Ah, this makes sense now＂. She has also worked in social media at BBC Radio 4, British GLAMOUR, The Telegraph and Twitter; and edited British GLAMOUR’s podcast, Hey It’s OK. She lives in London with her husband, dog, and two cats, amidst a complex network of stairgates and extremely capable vacuum cleaners. www.katbrownwrites.com