Brown Baby : A Memoir of Race, Family and Home

**'__Brown Baby__ is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir. It speaks to the heart and the mind and bears witness to our turbulent times.' - Bernardine Evaristo, author of __Girl, Woman, Other__** How do you find hope and even joy in a world that is prejudiced, sexist and facing climate crisis? How do you prepare your children for it, but also fill them with all the boundlessness and eccentricity that they deserve and that life has to offer? In __Brown Baby__, Nikesh Shukla, author of the bestselling __The Good Immigrant__, explores themes of sexism, feminism, parenting and our shifting ideas of home. This memoir, by turns heartwrenching, hilariously funny and intensely relatable, is dedicated to the author's two young daughters, and serves as an act of remembrance to the grandmother they never had a chance to meet. Through love, grief, food and fatherhood, Shukla shows how it's possible to believe in hope. ‘a Wise And Wonderful Book From The Hugely Talented Nikesh Shukla. Written For His Daughters, Inspired By His Mother Whom They Never Got To Meet, This Love Letter To His Brown Babies Encompasses Fatherhood, Feminism, Racial Politics, Growing Up And Being A Grown Up, With Tenderness, Depth And Humour.’ Meera Syal How Do You Find Hope And Even Joy In A World That Is Racist, Sexist And Facing Climate Crisis? How Do You Prepare Your Children For It, But Also Fill Them With All The Boundlessness And Eccentricity That They Deserve And That Life Has To Offer? In Brown Baby Nikesh Shukla Explores Themes Of Racism, Feminism, Parenting And Our Shifting Ideas Of Home. With Writing That Will Both Fill And Open Your Heart, This By Turns, Heartbreaking, Hilariously Funny And Intensely Relatable Memoir Is Dedicated To The Author’s Two Young Daughters, And Is In Remembrance Of The Grandmother They Never Got To Meet. Through Love, Grief, Food, Fatherhood And The Often Cluttered Experiences That Make Us Each Who We Are, Shukla Shows How It’s Possible To Believe In Hope. ' Brown Baby is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir. It speaks to the heart and the mind and bears witness to our turbulent times.' - Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other How do you find hope and even joy in a world that is prejudiced, sexist and facing climate crisis? How do you prepare your children for it, but also fill them with all the boundlessness and eccentricity that they deserve and that life has to offer? In Brown Baby , Nikesh Shukla, author of the bestselling The Good Immigrant , explores themes of sexism, feminism, parenting and our shifting ideas of home. This memoir, by turns heartwrenching, hilariously funny and intensely relatable, is dedicated to the author's two young daughters, and serves as an act of remembrance to the grandmother they never had a chance to meet. Through love, grief, food and fatherhood, Shukla shows how it's possible to believe in hope. From the editor of The Good Immigrant. We have to believe in hope in these dark uncertain times. Hope brings us together. How do you find hope and even joy in a world that is racist, sexist and facing climate crisis? How do you prepare your children for it, but also fill them with all the boundlessness and eccentricity that they deserve and that life has to offer? Nikesh Shukla explores themes of racism, feminism, parenting and our shifting ideas of home. This heartbreaking, compelling, intensely relatable memoir is a love letter to the authors late mother who passed away just before his eldest daughter was born and to his two young daughters. In Brown Baby, Shukla examines, with humour and sharp, beautiful prose, how to raise the next generation with a sense of joy in an often bleak world. Brown Baby is a powerful exploration of fatherhood, grief, racism and hope. It is also a love letter to the author's daughters that is as heartbreakingly tender as it is funny and relatable.