Generation Maybe
Why We're Having Fewer Children, and What It Means for Us All
$35.10
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2027
Summary
The definitive investigation into why – across continents, classes, cultures and religions – we’re having fewer children, by an award-winning journalist
‘Wise, compassionate and non-judgmental’ EMILY MAITLIS ‘An entertaining and meaningful read’ CLAUDIA GOLDIN
In Britain, one in five couples have no children, and almost half of all families have only one. The populations of China, Japan, Russia and Italy are shrinking. Pronatalists cry that feminism has killed…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847929105 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1847929109 |
| Author: | Camilla Cavendish |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
An entertaining and meaningful read – Claudia Goldin
Essential reading for anyone curious enough to ask where we are heading as a human race — and that’s all of us. Packed full of mind-blowing facts that you will be quoting to friends, this is a wise, compassionate and non-judgmental story of our times, told with empathy and real understanding – Emily Maitlis
With her characteristic elegance and insight, Camilla Cavendish has written the definitive account of one of the great challenges facing too many nations: the postponement of parenthood and the collapse in the average birth rate. Generation Maybe is vital reading for anyone worried about whether we can avoid a dire future of gerontocratic stagnation – Robert Peston
Camilla Cavendish
Camilla Cavendish is a leading journalist, broadcaster, and commentator. She is a weekly columnist for the Financial Times and author of Extra Time: 10 Lessons for an Ageing World, which charted the global challenges of longevity.
She is a research fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, a visiting faculty member at King’s College London, a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, and former head of the 10 Downing Street Policy Unit – the second woman ever to lead it.
Her awards include the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism, and Wincott Senior Financial Journalist of the Year. Cavendish is a mother of three.
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