Milf by Paloma Faith:

Normally, I avoid ‘celebrity’ books - they bring me out in a rash.  However, I find Paloma Faith an interesting character.  And this book doesn’t disappoint.  Partially, is an attempt to reclaim the word and give it a positive spin. But that is only partially the purpose of it.  

She is brutally honest about her own sexuality, miscarriage, motherhood, IVF, the break up of the relationship with her children’s Dad and her own life. Mixed in with that, is her perceptions for what it is like being a woman artist, raising two kids as a single parent and contrasting her own life with her Mother’s.  

In broader terms, she talks about her own hopes for what the future of feminism looks like.  And if that is the intention of this book - one that changes the world - time will tell. But it’s that non-linear, snapshot style of the book that shouldn’t work, does.  Paloma Faith has added her another string to her bow in being such a skilled, candid and funny writer.

It is a pleasant surprise to find something that is both glitzy and gritty.  It’s published by Ebury on June 6th and I thank them for a preview copy.  #MILF