Psst… it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday 15th March!

MOTHER ANIMAL by @helenjukes.bsky.social is the perfect bookish gift for mum – a ‘passionate plea to revalue and celebrate motherhood’ (New Scientist).
#MothersDay #MothersDayGift #MotherAnimal #mothering #Motherhood

🐾 Happy paperback publication day to #MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social, a beautiful and unexpected memoir of motherhood and wildness. This is an expansive reimagining of care, instinct and what it might mean to be a mother – animal and human – today.
📚 bit.ly/4caqLgZ
#MothersDay #motherhood

Writing motherhood with Helen Jukes Podcast Episode · In Haste · 13 May 2025 · 39m

#MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social is out in paperback today!

Helen was interviewed by Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie on the In Haste podcast about her book, the concept of "natural" processes, community, and #mothering in a polluted world: bit.ly/3MLuc3q

#NonFiction #Memoir #Motherhood

#MotherAnimal, a beautiful memoir on motherhood by @helenjukes.bsky.social, is out this week in paperback!

⭐‘Joyful.’ Guardian
⭐‘Astounding.’ Daisy Johnson
⭐‘Blows societal ideas about parenthood wide open.’ Marchelle Farrell
⭐‘Honest and unflinching.’ Stylist

Order your copy: bit.ly/3MXVzax

#MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social is just 99p in Kindle - for a limited time only! bit.ly/4kq8JJH

'Magnificent' Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence

'Blows societal ideas about parenthood wide open' Marchelle Farrell, author of Uprooting

'Honest and unflinching' Stylist

#motherhood #memoir

How beautiful is the paperback of #MotherAnimal?

When @helenjukes.bsky.social becomes pregnant, she finds that the pregnancy manuals feel hollow; the well-meaning advice of friends oddly suffocating. So she looks beyond humans to the animal kingdom, to reimagine what it means to be a mother today.

In a changing world, nests remain a site of safety and nurture | Aeon Essays Throughout the animal kingdom, the parents of newborns must strive to create snug sanctuaries in a hazardous world

Throughout the animal kingdom, the parents of newborns must strive to create snug sanctuaries in a hazardous world...

@helenjukes.bsky.social, author of #MotherAnimal, writes for @aeon.co:
aeon.co/essays/in-a-...

#zoology #NonFiction #motherhood #parenthood #parentinghacks #parenting #animal

‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancy

Today is #CleanAirDay and we're reading @helenjukes.bsky.social's fantastic new memoir of #motherhood, #MotherAnimal.

Read her interview @theguardian.com about the impact of pollutants on human and animal bodies, and our offspring: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Writing motherhood - @helenjukes.bsky.social speaks to Alice Vincent & Charlotte Runcie on the #InHastePodcast about new book #MotherAnimal, 'a memoir of pregnancy and birth and an unforgettably visceral exploration of the physical transformations of motherhood.'
bit.ly/4dcTsZ0
#motherhood #mother

A few photos from a wonderful evening with @helenjukes.bsky.social and Lucy Jones at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower St!

The two brilliant books featured:
📚 Mother Animal by Helen Jukes
📚 Matrescence by Lucy Jones

Have you read either of them?

#MotherAnimal #Matrescence

What can we learn from the animal kingdom’s best parents? From communal creches to single dads, humans can learn a lot from animals

What can we learn from the animal kingdom’s best parents?

From communal creches to single dads, humans can learn a lot from animals... @helenjukes.bsky.social speaks to @the-independent.com about her book #MotherAnimal and how animals raise their young:
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

Neck deep in overdiagnosis: Books in brief Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

#MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social included in @nature.com's selection of five of the best science picks!🍃

'Intimate and personal' - Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Our #MothersDay reading...

#MotherAnimal is a memoir of pregnancy, birth & early motherhood, & a wild deep dive into stories of animal parenting from the natural world.

Hear more from author @helenjukes.bsky.social here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YTd...

Signed copies: @blackwells.bsky.social

The animal kingdom’s best parents – and what they can teach us From communal creches to single dads, humans can learn a lot from animals

With #MothersDay just around the corner, @helenjukes.bsky.social writes for @the-independent.com on the animal kingdom’s best parents – and what they can teach us:

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

#MotherAnimal by Helen Jukes is out now - the perfect #MothersDayGift!

New book, Mother Animal, explores the impacts of chemical pollution on motherhood - Fidra In this edited extract, Helen explores chemical pollution in the context of the maternal body, gestation and early infancy.

Read an edited extract from #MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social on the FIDRA blog, where Helen explores chemical pollution in the context of the maternal body, gestation and early infancy.

Learn more about the forever chemicals, PFAS, and other chemicals of concern:
bit.ly/3FrOxH5 #motherhood

‘I was causing harm’: author Helen Jukes on motherhood and our polluted bodies In her latest book, Mother Animal, the writer gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancy

Helen Jukes interviewed by Maya Goodfellow for @theguardian.com today!

In her new book, #MotherAnimal, @helenjukes.bsky.social gives a personal account of the impact of ‘forever chemicals’ on her and her child during and after pregnancy:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#pollution #motherhood

💛 Happy publication day to the amazing #MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social!

‘Silent Spring meets Matrescence in this powerful yet accessible exploration of motherhood across species' - Carmen Haselup

Signed copies are available @blackwells.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4hZC7UE

The animal kingdom’s best parents – and what they can teach us From communal creches to single dads, humans can learn a lot from animals

Helen Jukes, author of #MotherAnimal, tells Lisa Salmon at @the-independent.com how communal and same-sex parenting, plus single dads, can all be found in the animal kingdom: www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

@helenjukes.bsky.social #parent #parenting #animal #motherhood #mothers #MothersDay

'An enrapturing, bizarre, and compelling story of motherhood ... Prepare to be sharing obscure animal birthing facts at every dinner party going forwards.' Bea Hughes, @blackwells.bsky.social

Order your SIGNED copy of #MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/spe...

Helen Jukes 'Mother Animal' with Nell Frizzell From the author of the bestselling 'A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings' comes a new exploration of motherhood and what it means today.

From the author of the bestselling A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings comes a new exploration of #motherhood and what it means today.

@helenjukes.bsky.social and Nell Frizzell discuss her new book #MotherAnimal at @blackwells.bsky.social Oxford, April 17th.

🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-juke...

9 excellent books that explore the reality of motherhood The perfect antidote to Instagram’s unreality, these brilliant must-reads offer an entirely new perspective on parenting.

Thank you to Stylist magazine for this excellent review of #MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social!

'an honest and unflinching portrayal of the transition to motherhood and the way it reshapes not just your life, but your sense of self' - Stylist

www.stylist.co.uk/books/best-m...

#MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social combines #memoir with evolutionary biology, #zoology & toxicology to examine what it means to be a mother today.

And... @lovereadinguk.bsky.social have included it in their round-up of the ‘best books on the horizon'!
www.lovereading.co.uk/blog/loverea...

The best popular science books to look forward to in 2025 Understanding why we think the way we do is a hot topic for many of 2025’s books – that and finding new ways to re-evaluate old “truths”, says Simon Ing

'[An] evidenced, coherent and passionate plea to revalue and celebrate motherhood in the light of how the whole process works in the real world'

#MotherAnimal by @helenjukes.bsky.social in the @newscientist.bsky.social list of best #popsci books out in 2025! 🎉
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...