I Am Not Your Baby Mother: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Our strict Jamaican headmistress got wind of the book’s contents and banned it, making it even more imperative to read! The murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 and the many other knife crime incidents since then, some of which don’t even get reported put into perspective how serious knife crime is and that awareness needs to be raised throughout communities to help bring this to an end. The knowing you really like / love someone and then finding out they aren't the person you thought they were, you've been manipulated they have omitted information, they have told you lies BIG ONES and the deceit urgh, awful awful feelings. I’ve been reading a lot of Twitter lately, and as I follow a number of Black women authors I see a fair bit of discussion of day to day racism. Your post reminded me to put ‘get a library card from my new city’ on my things-to-do list for tomorrow.

She is a contributing editor at Grazia and a presenter on Lorraine, and her writing has appeared in the Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, Stylist, Metro and Huffington Post. Candice offers her experience, opinions and hopes in one of the most honest and beautifully worded books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. This book handles serious and pertinent themes like knife crime and grief in Brathwaite's signature, compelling style . Of course since she wrote and published the book there has been a surge in publishing Black authors so hopefully we will soon see more of that still, and joint activism (I’m still pursuing statistics through the internet!Ok I'm obsessed with Candice Brathwaite anyway, she's my favourite person at the moment and this book was sooooooo shock twisty twisters I could almost hear her voice in my head as I read the words revealing who Isaac was. Through her grandfather to her husband, she details how difficult it was for her to understand it and most importantly, accept it.

I’m not entirely sure where my hair sits on the spectrum but it still needs all the love and attention that a Black girl’s hair needs.This is a brilliant read and it leaves you both wanting a sequel and realising not every story has a happy end. When it turns out the brothers have been keeping secrets from her, secrets that link back to the life Cynthia thought she had left behind in London, she realises that not everything is as it seems. I have decided to stop saying that I don’t like reading YA because this is the second one I have really enjoyed in as many months. And if you didn’t get the new house, or your child didn’t make it to university, or you still had cancer? and the ending where she says “and so I began the story” after J finds the money of Mikes… i thought we were going to find out what Mike had that money for.

Because I was raised in South London in Brixton, I didn’t really understand racism – wherever I looked there were black people.I did find the ending to be somewhat abrupt, and another 50 pages could have provided a more satisfactory conclusion to the twist at the end (although it does pave the way for a sequel). I really liked this book when I first started it, I was instantly into it which is down to the details in the storytelling. Join the Women's Prize newsletter for a chance to win a stack of all 6 brilliant 2023 shortlisted books, and get the latest book news, author features and exciting competitions!