Another genius work of meticulously observed revelatory, pragmatic and candid autobiography from an extremely funny and intelligent female member of the human race.

I laughed a lot...a brilliantly entertaining mix of personal stories and expert advice about rocking midlife.

One that has touched a nerve with me and fellow mid-life adventurers...such an accurate description of what lies ahead if you are hurtling towards the big four-oh or living through it.

Funny and perceptive...reminds readers that middle age can be 'the best age of all'.

I love Pamela Druckerman's writing.

Pitch-perfect and brutally frank... She has a reckless candor that can make you laugh and gasp at the same time... [Nora] Ephron is simply irreplaceable, but Druckerman is the heir to her impish, unembarrassable spirit and adorable storytelling.

It’s the kind of book you can leave in the bathroom. Short essays about all sorts of things including how she organised a threesome for her husband’s 40th birthday. Druckerman has a keen eye, a wicked sense of humour and is cynical enough to know that we shouldn’t take it all too seriously.

Builds layer upon layer of tension in a novel you won't be able to put down

Utterly gripping. A tautly-coiled spring of suspicion and suspense which builds to a devastating ending

Thrilling

A dark and twisty tale

Well-written, taut and tense

Taut and thought-provoking

Gripping to the last page

Suspenseful, brooding

Clever

A wise book on parents and children

The main message is that is that it's best to acknowledge, rather than dismiss, children's feelings (...) and that parenting is not about perfection

This is a book to be read cover to cover, like a novel. Buy yourself two copies: one for reading and one for use in the kitchen

The main message is that is that it's best to acknowledge, rather than dismiss, children's feelings (...) and that parenting is not about perfection

[Segal] is a natural, fluent writer and, in this book, the reader will feel confident in her hands even as she explores a shattering episode in family life… Segal is brilliant at conveying the tedium and the trials of life in the ICU and beyond. In short, Mother Ship is simply compelling

Hopeful, harrowing…and darkly funny, Mother Ship has you laughing, crying and frantically turning the pages to discover how it all turns out

[Segal’s] words are a powerful, poetic and deeply affecting reminder of how precious are life, health and the everyday

Segal's moving memoir reveals not only what it takes to keep premature babies alive, but also what it means to be human and a mother

Mother Ship is a huge achievement for Segal, who has produced a memoir that promises to linger with you like a literary earworm… an extraordinary testament to the power of human survival

Vivid, fearless and inspiring… This is an intimate and electrifying memoir. It is a hymn to the sustaining power of women's friendships, and a loving celebration of the two small girls – and their mother – who defy the odds

A deeply moving, yet also witty and heart-warming account

[Segal] captures beautifully the complexities and contradictions of the human body

An ode to the companionship of the women on the neonatal ward in the darkest, most volatile days, it is moving but never mawkish

A song of praise to the beleaguered, indomitable NHS, with writing at such a pitch that it lingered with me all year

A heart-tugging account… this is one of the year’s most exquisitely written books