84: Anna Brook-Mitchell on MotherFaker, Fake Pregnancies & Found Family | In My Good Books

If you’re looking for a book that’s funny, bold, and guaranteed to spark conversation, this episode of In My Good Books with author Anna Brook-Mitchell is one you won’t want to miss.Anna joins me to talk about her brilliant debut novel MotherFaker, a story with one of the most outrageous (and irresistible) premises I’ve come across in a long time. It follows Barry Brown, an anti-social teacher who decides to fake a pregnancy to get time off work. But what starts as a rebellious, slightly chaotic idea quickly spirals into something much deeper.In this episode, we chat about where that idea came from and how Anna turned it into a novel that’s not just funny, but also surprisingly emotional and thought-provoking. We get into the realities of being child-free and the unspoken expectations that still exist, especially for women.Anna also shares how the story evolved as she was writing it, becoming less about the “fake pregnancy” and more about something far more meaningful: celebrating the people in our lives who care for us, shape us, and support us, even if they’re not our biological parents.Find Anna here: https://www.instagram.com/annabrookmitchell/Buy Mother Faker here: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/motherfaker-anna-brook-mitchell/7834091?ean=9781035073016&next=tBooks recommended in this episode: The Appeal: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-appeal-the-smash-hit-bestseller-janice-hallett/8314dcf058ab8b28?ean=9781788165303&next=tLongbourn: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/longbourn-the-unputdownable-richard-and-judy-pick-jo-baker/9374?ean=9780552779517&next=t