Dear Minnie

About the book

From the acclaimed filmmaker and Sunday Times bestselling author comes a frank, insightful and heartwarming exploration of the myriad issues surrounding contemporary motherhood.


"It was the first time I'd ever signed 'Mummy', and it was a goodbye letter."
"I feel so honoured to have carried you both for nine months and delivered you safely into the arms of your parents."
"I knew I had to be in that little girl's life. The next time I got out, I never used drugs again."
"As a refugee, I say to my daughter, 'You have been born in a safe place. Never take that for granted.'"


After having her first child, Stacey Dooley had a new understanding of what family means - but not everyone's experience of motherhood is...