The raw content of motherhood
About this episode
Naomi Booth discusses her novel 'raw content' and its themes surrounding motherhood and mental health.
Naomi Booth is the author of the novels Exit Management and Sealed , and the short-story collection Animals at Night; her work has been featured in books of the year in the Guardian and the White Review, listed for the Sunday Times short story award, and she won the Edgehill Short Story Reader's Prize in 2023. Naomi grew up in West Yorkshire and now lives in York; she is Professor in Creative Writing at Durham University. Her most recent novel, raw content , was described in nb magazine as 'a beautiful and thought-provoking story of post-natal mental health, violence, paranoia and unconditional love in all itsforms'. #naomibooth #rawcontent #mothersuncovered #matrescence #maggiegordonwalker
Topics covered
- motherhood
- mental health
- post-natal
- violence
- paranoia
- unconditional love
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