It Nearly Killed Me But I Love You

by Dye, Sinead Corcoran

• ISBN13: 9781869718336
• ISBN10: 186971833X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-09-09
• Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Summary

Everyone told Sinead that having a newborn was a bubble of bliss - and after a traumatic pregnancy, she was hoping they were right. Instead, a few weeks in, Sinead was admitted to the Mother & Baby unit at Starship with Vivie, in the grips of severe postnatal depression.

An honest, gut-wrenching, irreverent and shockingly funny memoir about motherhood and mental health, with deeply personal insights into Sinead's own journey. It Nearly Killed Me But I Love You is a no-holds-barred discussion of what it is to be a mother, written with humour, wit and devastating frankness.

This book will be for, and about, her.
This book will be for mums and stepmums and mums with mental illnesses and mums without mums.
This book will be for me.

Author Biography

Sinead Corcoran Dye has been a journalist for over a decade, swapping red carpets and the glitz and glamour of her high-flying media career for juggling three kids and documenting the realities of being a young-ish stepmum, a new mum and a working mum. Day-to-day she writes lifestyle and parenting features for Stuff, Canvas, NZ Herald, Fashion Quarterly and Condé Nast Traveler, and guest stars on local and international podcasts - all while bouncing a baby on her lap. In addition, Sinead is a social media content creator who has amassed a following by being honest about life and love, parenting and mental health. She is the ambassador for Nappkin charity and is the founder of MumSOS, a nationwide community group for mums.