Just Between Mothers

The raw, compulsive and unputdownable debut about the choices mothers make and the split second between having it all and losing everything.'Gripping, gritty, maddening and compassionate' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'Razor-edged, unsettling and compelling' EMMA VAN STRAATEN 'Tense and absorbing. Loved it!' SILVIA SAUNDERS'A magnificent debut' NATASHA BELL'I basically inhaled it over the course of a weekend and highly recommend' LISA SMITH'A brilliant, tense story with beautifully drawn characters and so much emotion' HEATHER DARWENTEveryone has an opinion. But who can you really trust?Claire is expecting her first baby. It's her dream but not everyone is as supportive as she'd like.Isolated and vulnerable, she is drawn into an online group for 'natural motherhood' and is warmly embraced by the other mothers in the group.As Claire withdraws further into their world and with her due date fast approaching, she is unsettled by the group's conformity and the total shunning of medical intervention.But blind loyalty can be catastrophic - and her silence could be fatal...'Dark and intense and such a fabulous read' 5* Reader Review'This emotional roller coaster will keep you gripped until the very end' Heat'An excellent, thought-provoking exploration of loneliness, healthcare and misinformation that feels all too urgent right now' Elspeth Wilson*Previously published as Baby Teeth in hardback*

Celia Silvani is a thirty-year-old charity communications manager and freelance writer, who has written for Stylist, The Telegraph and BBC Future on topics ranging from weddings to hurricanes. She got the inspiration for Just Between Mothers (previously titled Baby Teeth) from an NBC article she couldn't stop thinking about, and interviewed midwives and obstetricians to get a fuller picture of birthing stories - as well as spending a lot of time lurking in the dark corners of internet freebirthing groups...