No One Talks About This Stuff Twenty-Two Stories of Almost Parenthood

by Brown, Kat

• ISBN13: 9781408783566
• ISBN10: 1408783568
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781408783573
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2026-01-13
• Publisher: Robinson
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Summary

No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents. A place to share their journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet.

So, we hear from a stepmother who wrestles with infertility. A husband and wife each tell their experience of losing their baby. A lesbian comes of age at a time when gay people rarely become parents. A father finds loss to be his unlikely superpower. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder impacts a person's choices about having a family. A black woman unpacks ancestral shame while finding renewed purpose. And each person shares how they lived through it.

This captivatingly beautiful, profound and honest anthology opens a much-needed conversation about society, family and honouring the missing children we will never forget.

Author Biography

Kat Brown is a freelance journalist and commentator whose national work on ADHD, mental health stigma and other social and arts commentary has appeared in the Telegraph, Grazia, Woman's Hour and The Times. She is also the author of No One Talks About This Stuff, a groundbreaking anthology sharing people's untold experiences of infertility and baby loss.