{"product_id":"9781761043550","title":"Mothertongues","description":"Author: Bell, Eliza\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781761043550\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Apr 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA genre-defying, collaborative marvel that brings the absurdity of motherhood to the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter sharing their artistic frustrations at the school gate, two women decide to take a risk: to co-write a book about early motherhood. Off-colour, offbeat, off their heads, they begin - but then, what is motherhood if not messy, non-linear, multi-authored and potty mouthed?\u003cbr\u003e Together they gather scenes and songs, poems and text messages, insights and ephemera, alive to both the playfulness and the danger of co-creation. From the salvaged scraps of their daily lives they make an intimate collage of absurd mothering, failing mothering and moving mothering, imagining themselves into a future where women don't always have to choose between art and motherhood.\u003cbr\u003eAfter all: these mothers are tired. They are busy. They are lucky. They talk. Perform. Categorise. Clown. They do sad dinner cabaret. They do heroic odyssey. They do motherhood the musical. No bells and whistles, no false cheer. They do it badly, they do it well, they do it and they do it, and they keep on doing it as women do: comically, communally, creatively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, thoughtful, vulnerable and disturbingly familiar, \u003ci\u003eMothertongues\u003c\/i\u003e up-ends ideas of genre and speaks motherhood anew.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48197999493278,"sku":"UBD-9781761043550","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781761043550.jpg?v=1787745069","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781761043550","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}