Description

Candice Brathwaite’s much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she’d been told when she was young and needed guidance.

I Am Not Your Baby Mother was a landmark publication in 2020. A thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a Black British mum, it was an important call-to-arms allowing mothers to take control and scrap the parenting rulebook to do it their own way. It was a Sunday Times top five bestseller.

Sista Sister goes further. It is a compilation of essays about all the things Candice wishes someone had talked to her about when she was a young Black girl growing up in London. From family and money to Black hair and fashion, as well as relationships between people of different races and colourism, this will be a fascinating read that will have another profound impact on conversations about Black Lives Matter.

Written in Candice’s trademark straight-talking, warm and funny style, it will delight her fans, old and new.

Publisher Review

Direct, accessible and in parts, very funny * Guardian * A sharp, sometimes moving self-help book * Observer * [I] inhaled this. Fans of I Am Not Your Baby Mother, brace for another corker from Candice Brathwaite * Pandora Sykes * This book is like the older sibling you wish you'd had growing up. Looking at family, sex, money and Blackness, bestselling author Brathwaite deftly navigates even the trickiest of topics in this compilation of essays, holding up a lens to joy, heartbreak and exactly what it really means to be a young woman * Cosmopolitan * One of the best books I've read this year * Yewande Biala * Wise, honest, confronting, beautiful and funny * Sheerluxe * Inspiring and provocative * Heat * A witty, honest and transformative collection of essays * The Strategist * Wise, witty * Evening Standard * [Sista Sister is like] that older and wiser friend you always wish you'd had * Independent * The honest and profound words have been chosen carefully and speak volumes about society, making this a must read. Hugely emotive in parts, the author's warmth and humour radiates off the page * Woman's Way Magazine *