‘I literally devoured Newborn and loved it’ - Giovanna Fletcher, Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast

The new monumental account by Kerry Hudson of her effort to create a safe, loving home for her baby – the exact opposite of the home she grew up in...

‘Absorbing’ - Irish Times

‘Full of color’ - Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun

‘A protest battle’ - Herald

How can you build a family without a guide? Kerry Hudson grew up in poverty. Constantly moving from one place to another, she went through the care system and her turbulent mother, leaving school at 15 with no qualifications. Now, as an award-winning author, she looks back and asks: how do you create a different life for yourself and your family?

In Newborn, we see how Kerry found love, what it cost her to decide to start her own family, and how fragile each step of the journey towards parenthood was. Along her path, she faced obstacles that tested the strongest foundations, from fertility issues to being locked in a maternity hospital in Prague and a crisis in her marriage. But again and again, her love, hope, struggle – and her determination to break the mold and give her son a different life – shine through and illuminate her path.

DECLARATION ABOUT KERRY HUDSON: ‘Kerry Hudson's writing is vivid, honest, and true. It is what she herself is, coming from a wise and generous heart.’ - KIT DE WAAL

‘Hudson’s resilience, grace, and humility are astounding. She is an absolute inspiration.’ - DOUGLAS STUART

‘Kerry Hudson amazed me, opened my eyes.’ - PHILIPPA PERRY

Pages: 272, Dimensions: 13x13cm