Helen Jukes, author of Mother Animal, tells Lisa Salmon how communal and same-sex parenting, plus single dads, can all be found in the animal kingdom.
Jukes’s book expresses a profound and urgent rebellion against concepts of motherhood which diminish and disempower us all.
When the writer Helen Jukes became pregnant, she found herself navigating the usual maze of edicts and advice: don’t eat this, don’t drink that, avoid cat litter and overly hot baths ...