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Hiding Places
Hiding Places is a compelling and beautifully written meditation on early motherhood and creativity. Told through a series of fragments that range from raw and troubled to delightful and hilarious, this remarkable book responds to the unexpected shocks and discoveries of becoming a mother, drawing on excerpts from family letters and secretive medical records, and advice contained in Truby King's 1913 tract, Feeding and Care of Baby.
Partly a slowly unfurling unsent love letter to an admired writer, partly a 'book of essays that is a notebook about trying to write a book of essays', and partly an attempt to simply hang on through tumultuous times, Hiding Places deftly blends personal reflection with family history, social critique and literary analysis. The result is a fresh, funny and deeply moving look at what it means to care and to create - at what gets lost or hidden in the process, and what is found or revealed. 'It's not what she says,' writes Edmeades, 'but how she says it that reveals what hides beneath.'
Resonant with, yet distinct from, the works of writers like Maggie Nelson, Kate Zambreno, Olga Ravn and Chris Kraus, Hiding Places is an inspiring read for anyone interested in the dangerous yet fruitful zones where life and art overlap
Partly a slowly unfurling unsent love letter to an admired writer, partly a 'book of essays that is a notebook about trying to write a book of essays', and partly an attempt to simply hang on through tumultuous times, Hiding Places deftly blends personal reflection with family history, social critique and literary analysis. The result is a fresh, funny and deeply moving look at what it means to care and to create - at what gets lost or hidden in the process, and what is found or revealed. 'It's not what she says,' writes Edmeades, 'but how she says it that reveals what hides beneath.'
Resonant with, yet distinct from, the works of writers like Maggie Nelson, Kate Zambreno, Olga Ravn and Chris Kraus, Hiding Places is an inspiring read for anyone interested in the dangerous yet fruitful zones where life and art overlap
212 pages, Paperback
Published January 17, 2026
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March 26, 2026
An interesting and revelitary book. Having been bowed by post natel drepression a long time ago now I wish I'had this then.
Gronding, confronting, startlng. laugh out loud.
For all mothers
Gronding, confronting, startlng. laugh out loud.
For all mothers
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