'An enchanting book…moving, funny, profound. And never sentimental.'—Madame Figaro

‘Without seeming to, Marie Darrieussecq gives us an example of what literature can achieve. It is a rare thing.’—Humanité

‘Darrieussecq evokes the awe, fear and weirdness of motherhood, the demolition of certainty, an instinct for rapture. She puts her hand in the great dark lake of maternal experience and scoops up filigrees of the phosphorescent memory all mothers share, turns them gleaming in the light of her words, one after another. I was disturbed, envious, enthralled.'—Kate Holden, author of In My Skin

‘Vintage Darrieussecq: tender, disturbing and indelible.’—Chloe Hooper

‘Darrieussecq ruminates on both the magical and trivial ins-and-outs of motherhood and contemplates topical questions around how we define mothers. The book is as much of a must-read for those with children, as it is for those considering whether (or not) to have them.’—Elle

‘There are few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them.’—The Times on Men