Second Thoughts

Name: Second Thoughts
Brand: September
Availability: InStock

ISBN 9781912836383 Published 15 April 2021

£10.99

'Beautifully written, deeply humane, a gem of a book' Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind: A Hopeful History

While every parent knows more of what to expect the next time round, the birth of a second child is no less momentous. Family relationships multiply, birth-order myths hover and sibling rivalry and parental exhaustion threaten. Yet the potential for joy and love within the family also expands, as if by magic.

This new literary talent shines a tender insight on a forgotten subject: what it is to parent for the second time and what it is to forever be a younger child.

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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781912836383
Published: 15 April 2021
Pages: 224
Duration
Dimensions: 129 x 198 mm
Genre: Relationships
Imprint: September

Reviews

'Beautifully written, deeply humane, a gem of a book'

Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind: A Hopeful History and Utopia for Realists

'Fresh, intricate, daring and often wise'

Susie Boyt, author of Love and Fame

'A subtle and captivating tour of a topic we've strangely overlooked'

Sarah Knott, author of Mother: An Unconventional History

'Gorgeous... Berger's thoughtful inquiry eloquently illuminates the complexities of second-time parenthood'

Publishers Weekly

About the author

Lynn Berger

Anna Asbury (b. 1980) studied classics and linguistics at Cambridge University, followed by a PhD at Utrecht University. She is a literary translator of Dutch into English. She translated amongst others the nonfiction titles Second Thoughts: On having and being a second child by Lynn Berger and The Limits of the Market by Paul de Grauwe, as well as the graphic novels Trinity and My Muse Lies on the Settee by Wide Vercnocke.

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