Dear Mother: Letters from the Heart

Dear Mother brings together mothers of all ages and backgrounds in a compendium of fictional letters, written from the heart. Great challenges and responsibilities, hopes and disappointments are explored without apology. As one mother prepares for a new-born, another shares her experience of being a single parent. Why is a mother at the primary school gate feeling burnt out by 9 am and what advice does a grandmother pass down to her granddaughter? Whether shes sitting in the ante-natal clinic, on a bus or in the masjid, these letters reveal a variety of mothers inner dialogue one which is rarely heard in society.