My review of The Mother by #YvvetteEdwards, a British courtroom drama and observation on one of the toughest challenges a mother can face, the death of a teenager.
1st of 3 novels reading together on a similar theme.
#SindiweMagona (Sth Africa)
#BritBennett (US)
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Book covers of 3 novels with similar themes on a tound table with a lamp. The Mother by British author Yvvette Edwards Mother to Mother by South African author Sindiwe Magona The Mothers by American author Brit Bennett
That's my weekend reading sorted.
Three authors I've read previously & loved.
I plan to read these together, their novels on motherhood & loss, from 3 different cultural perspectives.
The Mother #yvvetteedwards (UK)
Mother to Mother #sindiwemagona (Sth Africa)
The Mothers #britbennett (US)
Book cover of Yvvette Edwards new novel coming out in 2026 Good Good Loving. Green and pink background with a figure of a woman wearing a garment made of 2 different fabrics. Massively entertaining says Bernardine Evaristo
I wondered if #YvvetteEdwards was working on a new novel since The Mother was published in 2016 and I discovered that she has a new novel coming out on 5 March 2026, Good Good Loving
Full of big personalities, big mistakes, burning love and quiet heartbreak! by Little, Brown Book Group UK Virago
Book cover of The Mother by British author Yvvette Edwards shows a cup of tea, cracked, chipped and steaming. The morning cup of tea and chat ritual with her husband is one of the things that changes as Marcia grieves and lashes out while the trial begins and she insists on being there every day, while her husband just goes out every day, not sure where.
#YvvetteEdwards The Mother is so good, an astute profile of an angry, grieving mother sitting through the trial of the boy accused of murdering her son, unable to understand the behaviour of her husband or the world girls like Sweetie inhabit.
It's her 2nd novel and I don't want it to end...so
Finally, some good good news! Very excited to share the announcement of my next novel, #GoodGoodLoving being published in March 2026. Enormous thanks to Anna Kelly at #ViragoPress and Salma Begum @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social. #YvvetteEdwards #GoodGoodLovingTheNovel
