Motherland by Priya Joi - ISBN: 9780241574324
Paperback
Race, motherhood, identity: A journey to belonging in a world apart.

Motherland

A Memoir on Race, Identity and Belonging

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    13 June 2024

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Summary

‘This is the kind of book I wish I had access to as a young mum’ Nadiya Hussain

What does it mean to be a parent in a space where you are the minority?

Meandering through a supermarket highway of camembert and baguettes, Priya Joi heard a heart-stopping confession about her daughter’s identity that made her entire being implode like a dying star. Confronted with the fact that maybe her daughter was not entirely at peace with her appearance, she suddenly had …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241574324
ISBN-10:0241574323
Author:Priya Joi
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Life
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:13 June 2024
Weight:182g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 16mm
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Critics Review

‘This is the kind of book I wish I had access to as a young mum’ – Nadiya Hussain‘A brilliant book not just on parenthood but on what makes us the people we are […] everyone has something to gain by reading it’ – Poorna Bell‘Priya has written a thought-provoking memoir of being raised between cultures, and how this has impacted her parenting of her daughter’ – Devi Sridhar, author of Preventable‘We can all learn something from this brilliant must-read book’ – Julia Samuel, leading British psychotherapist and bestselling author

About The Author

Priya Joi

Priya Joi is a well-respected science journalist with a career spanning 20 years and has worked for organisations including the World Health Organisation, The Lancet and New Scientist. She reported on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic and has reported from the field on malaria, HIV, and TB. She has freelanced for The Guardian, BBC and Médecins Sans Frontières, and has chaired and spoken at science conferences. Joi has worked to shine a light on issues of race, sexism and discrimination her entire career. M(other)land is her first book.

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