'Hettie Judah’s enthralling and important book expands a male-centred art history to include mothers as subjects and symbols, makers and myths' - Jennifer Higgie
'One of the most electrifying and important books I have ever read. Hettie Judah takes us on a rich, comprehensive, generative, beautifully written journey through the works of art that have made the invisibility of real motherhood and maternal subjectivity visible. Every sentence and work crackles and sparks. I didn't want it to end. Stunning, urgent and extremely inspiring. We all need this book' - Lucy Jones, author of <i>Matrescence</i>
'An important and eye-opening book grounded in Judah's extensive experience and research. I knew some artists in this book already, but didn't know many others, and this is a book I will keep close and refer to time and time again. As a writer and as a mother, this is personal too. It is time motherhood comes out of the margins and we see, hear and talk about the extensive invisible labour, joy, pain of mothering. This book is a much-needed addition to the canon' - Dr Pragya Agarwal
'A fantastic look at how motherhood has been depicted throughout art history from ancient times to contemporary artists' - FAD Magazine
'A remarkable book ... there is much that is new and much to explore afresh' - Literary Review
'A sweeping survey of art by and about mothers [that] attempts…to establish a canon of women artists who have made muses out of motherhood… This comprehensive accounting of mothers in art history helps contextualize recent works by artist-mothers, many of which reference longstanding tropes… The book is most exhilarating when it traces the surprisingly long lineage of mothers whose art was influenced by childrearing' - Hyperallergic