What Makes a Mum? : My Story From Fostered to Adopter

‘Not a Fictional Mum makes sure no woman gets left behind’ Giovanna FletcherTaking us on her less conventional journey of being mothered and reaching motherhood, Not a Fictional Mum asks what it is that really makes a mum?Inspiring, topical and painfully funny, we follow Not a Fictional Mum through a dysfunctional childhood into foster care, struggling with infertility and navigating the adoption process.

She reveals the policies and statistics that led her to campaign for change, and what emerges is a picture of resilience, determination and hope. A personal memoir and a manifesto for change, What Makes a Mum? looks at family beyond genetics and offers a guiding hand to anyone in the long and sometimes agonising pursuit of becoming a mother. ‘Funny, clever . . . but above all else real and beautifully written’ Lisa Faulkner‘Opened my eyes to a whole other part of being a mother’ Rochelle Humes‘Delivered with such warmth, passion and compassion’ Anna Mathur