I Am Not Your Baby Mother
The landmark debut that reshaped mainstream conversations around Black British motherhood, identity, and representation. Essential, honest, and long overdue.
About the Book
The book that changed the conversation.
When Candice Brathwaite became a mother, she looked for books, communities, and media that reflected her experience as a Black British woman. She found almost nothing. So she wrote the book she needed.
I Am Not Your Baby Mother is a frank, funny, and fiercely honest account of what it means to be a Black mother in Britain today — navigating a healthcare system that too often fails Black women, a parenting industry that ignores them, and a society that still struggles to see them fully.
A Sunday Times bestseller and a landmark in British publishing, this book didn't just start conversations — it changed them.
Order Now
"Every mother, everywhere, should read this book."— OK Magazine
What They're Saying
Press & Critical Response
"Every mother, everywhere, should read this book."
OK Magazine
"Essential."
The Observer
"Accessible, shocking, honest."
Bernardine Evaristo
"A Sunday Times bestseller that reshaped how Britain talks about Black motherhood."
Sunday Times
Ready to read
I Am Not Your Baby Mother?
Also by Candice