Candice Brathwaite – författare

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (May 2020)*

''Really good ... accessible, sometimes shocking, honest, and feels written from the heart'' - Bernardine Evaristo

''I gobbled it in one weekend and encourage everyone - mother, or otherwise - to do the same'' - Pandora Sykes

''Remarkable'' - Lorraine Kelly

''Searing'' - Dolly Alderton

''I absolutely loved I Am Not Your Baby Mother'' - Giovanna Fletcher

''Brilliant'' - Sophie Ellis-Bextor''An essential exploration of the realities of black motherhood in the UK'' - Observer

''Urgent part-memoir, part-manifesto about black motherhood'' - Red

''[An] original and much-needed guide to navigating black motherhood'' - Cosmopolitan

''The woman bringing a fresh perspective to the mumfluencer world'' - Grazia

''Every mother, everywhere, should read this book'' - OK Magazine

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It''s about time we made motherhood more diverse...

When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience bore little resemblance to the glossy magazine photos of women in horizontal stripe tops and the pinned discussions on mumsnet about what pushchair to buy. Leafing through the piles of prenatal paraphernalia, she found herself wondering: "Where are all the black mothers?".

Candice started blogging about motherhood in 2016 after making the simple but powerful observation that the way motherhood is portrayed in the British media is wholly unrepresentative of our society at large. The result is this thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a black mother. It explores the various stages in between pregnancy and waving your child off at the gates of primary school, while facing hurdles such as white privilege, racial micro-aggression and unconscious bias at every point. Candice does so with her trademark sense of humour and refreshing straight-talking, and the result is a call-to-arms that will allow mums like her to take control, scrapping the parenting rulebook to mother their own way.

Candice Brathwaite''s much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she''d been told when she was young and needed guidance.

I Am Not Your Baby Mother was a landmark publication in 2020. A thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a Black British mum, it was an important call-to-arms allowing mothers to take control and scrap the parenting rulebook to do it their own way. It was a Sunday Times top five bestseller.

Sista Sister goes further. It is a compilation of essays about all the things Candice wishes someone had talked to her about when she was a young Black girl growing up in London. From family and money to Black hair and fashion, as well as relationships between people of different races and colourism, this will be a fascinating read that will have another profound impact on conversations about Black Lives Matter.

Written in Candice''s trademark straight-talking, warm and funny style, it will delight her fans, old and new.

Sunday Times bestselling author and acclaimed speaker Candice Brathwaite shares her revolutionary and inclusive approach to manifesting. Believing that you deserve abundance is the route to inviting it into your life. But what if your experiences so far have demonstrated the exact opposite? What does Manifesting look like if you''re not white, thin, traditionally pretty, or able-bodied? Candice has learnt to manifest the hard way and can teach you to do the same. Focusing on the four pillars of Wellness, Wealth, Love and Happiness, Candice''s customary no bullsh*t candour will guide you towards the life you desire and show you that manifesting can be for everyone, not just those to whom the universe has already been kind.A game-changing approach to manifesting to help you bring your dreams into reality and find contentment in your everyday.