All My Wild Mothers: Motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden

All My Wild Mothers is a memoir that explores grief, identity, and rediscovery, and is a testament to the persistence of life and love even when all seems lost. It is a beautiful and lyrical exploration of motherhood, herbal folklore, and the joy of nurturing. The writing is praised for its wisdom, humility, and hope, and the book is described as a "handbook on survival" and a "testimony to radical hope."

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: John Murray Press

A beautifully written and wisely laid out memoir.

A treasure map back to living, for those who have been away too long.

Donna Ashworth, author of Wild Hope, lyrical and beautiful... the book we all need to read right now.

Catherine Simpson, author of One Body, an intimate memoir of motherhood, herbal folklore

ALL MY WILD MOTHERS is more than just a memoir.

It's a handbook on survival, and a testimony to radical hope.

At seven months pregnant, Victoria Bennett learns her sister has died in a canoeing accident.

In that moment, her life changes.

Five years later, and struggling with the demands of motherhood, grief, and full-time care, Victoria and her family move to a new social housing estate in rural Cumbria.

Here, in the rubble of a former industrial site, she and her young son begin to grow a wild apothecary garden: daisy, for resilience; dandelion, for strength against adversity; sow thistle, to lift melancholy; and borage, to bring hope in dark and difficult times.

Stone by stone, seed by seed, they discover that sometimes life grows, not in spite of what is broken, but because of it.

All My Wild Mothers is a profound exploration of grief, identity, and rediscovery; a testament that life and love persists, even when we think all is lost.

Spellbinding... the most moving portrait of a mother and child I've ever read.

Tanya Shadrick, author of The Cure For Sleep

An impossibly moving memoir of gardens, herbalism, and the rigours and rewards of care... It heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in nature writing.

Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment

A stunning meditation on the joy of nurturing (and of getting your hands dirty). It is a love letter to motherhood and nature and mother nature, which bursts with wit.

Weight: 286g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529398656