MATRESCENCE
by Lucy Jones (Penguin, $65 hb) is out now in ebook and audio, and next week in hardback.
“Brain scans have found evidence that mothers’ cognitive abilities grow after they fall pregnant.
In this unflinching look at modern-day motherhood, British journalist Lucy Jones methodically examines the journey women make from single entities to pregnancy, birth and motherhood – matrescence. Jones, previously the author of an account of why humans psychologically and emotionally need nature, argues that the maternal phase of life should gain the same recognition and status
