Hollie McNish is a published UK poet based between London, Cambridge and Glasgow. She has two poetry collections - Cherry Pie and Papers and an album Versus, which made her the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, London.
The world needs these poems - and so does every parent . . .
Interspersed with passages of spiky, penetrating prose, they offer
a series of vivid snapshots of the highly emotional, frequently
paranoid and always sleep-deprived experience of the first-time
parent . . . The world needs this book. It should be required
reading for anyone thinking of having a baby, or even anyone who
knows someone who is thinking of having a baby. And I can't help
wondering if these islands would be a happier and more pleasant
place to live if Nobody Told Me was made a compulsory sex-ed set
text in our schools. Politicians, please take note
*Scotland on Sunday*
The things no one tells you before you have a baby are numerous -
Hollie McNish turns them into epic poems about the transformation
of your body and Mr Whippy vans. You'll learn a lot
*Grazia*
McNish does not shy away from discussing the pain, emotional and
physical, the fraying of self that comes with sleep deprivation,
the poo, snot, seepages and leakages, but she also captures the
bliss and wonder. Her rhymes have a driving quality, urgent words
pinning down fleeting feelings, and her prose is warm and
conversational, like speaking to a friend
*The Observer*
From a poem about morning sickness to a story about enduring a
public toddler tantrum, [Hollie McNish] provides beautifully
written solidarity covering both the trials and the joys of being a
parent
*Independent*
Hollie's poems are deep and delicate. They move across you in a way
that's so gentle you almost don't realise how they've gone straight
for the gut till you're thinking of them, by accident, days later.
She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love. She points
out the absurdities we've grown too used to and lets us see the
world with fresh eyes. Her poetry is welcoming, galvanising and
beautiful. She's always been one of my favourites
*Kate Tempest*
It's a moving and profoundly personal account. Yet at the same
time, Nobody Told Me offers an insight into the shared, unspoken
experiences of many mothers. McNish describes Nobody Told Me as
'All the things I couldn't talk about.' It feels like time that we
started talking
*The Skinny*
Her poetry has never shied away from issues of gender, race,
commercialism and parenthood but it always delivers touching and
accessible insights, and this book will surely do the same
*The Big Issue*
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