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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Biography & Memoir, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult, New Releases
ISBN: 9781405966610
Published: May 2026
Imprint: Penguin
Page Extent: 144
Format: Paperback
RRP 345.00

Maternity Service

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About the book

NOW WITH A NEW PROLOGUE
The essential companion for every mother embarking on maternity leave

'In one important sense maternity leave is poorly named, as it involves no actual leave. You are constantly on, even when your offspring is having a nap. There is nothing restful about it. In another sense maternity leave is aptly named, because it's a period of leave from all you know: taking leave of one's mind, body, job, and relationships'
When Emma Barnett began her second maternity leave, she realized that, despite having been there before, as soon as her first leave finished the rose-tinted lenses had descended and she immediately forgot what the experience was actually like when you're in it. This collective forgetting, which leads to...

About the Author

Emma Barnett

Emma Barnett

Emma Barnett is an award-winning broadcaster and journalist. She was named Interviewer of the Year for 2022 at the British Journalism awards and is a presenter on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today Programme, as well as hosting TV interviews and documentaries across the BBC. She has presented programmes that include Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 and Newsnight. She also presents Ready To Talk - a BBC podcast she created to have meaningful one-to-one conversations about the moments that reshaped people's lives. Think bold questions, unexpected truths and lot of tea.

Emma pens a newspaper column for the i, and was previously a columnist for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph, where she was also the Women’s Editor. After the birth of her first child, she wrote Period: It’s about Bloody Time, her first book. Emma grew up in Manchester, and now lives in London with her husband and their two children.

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