# Nobody Told Me

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- Book: [Nobody Told Me](https://www.bookquiver.com/hollie-mcnish/nobody-told-me) ([Nobody Told Me.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hollie-mcnish/nobody-told-me.md))
- Authors: [Hollie McNish](https://www.bookquiver.com/hollie-mcnish)
- Publisher: fleet
- ISBN: 978-03-4972-657-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2020-03-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 'This book should be required reading for anyone thinking of having a baby, or even anyone who knows someone who is thinking of having a baby' Scotland on Sunday 'Fascinating and honest' Mumsnet 'Like talking to a friend' Observer There were many things that Hollie McNish didn't know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly ice can melt on a stomach. These were on top of the many other things she didn't know about babies: how to stand while holding one; how to do a poetry gig with your baby as an audience member; how drum'n'bass can make a great lullaby. And that's before you even start on toddlers. But Hollie learned. And she's still learning, slowly. Nobody Told Me is a collection of poems and stories; Hollie's thoughts on raising a child in modern Britain, of trying to become a parent in modern Britain, of sex, commercialism, feeding, gender and of finding secret places to scream once in a while.