Dear Daughter (a Handbook For Life)

By (author) Kombo, Namulanta
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From award-winning BBC podcaster Namulanta Kombo comes a heartfelt collection of letters from parents around the globe, filled with hard-won wisdom for young women - with a guided journal inside
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From award-winning BBC podcaster Namulanta Kombo comes a heartfelt collection of letters from parents around the globe, filled with hard-won wisdom and guidance for young women - with a guided journal inside

When Namulanta became a mother, she found herself overwhelmed by the prospect of raising a daughter in today’s world. How could she prepare her for the awkwardness of puberty, the intensity of teenage friendships, the courage it takes to leave home and the inevitable encounters with grief? How could she help her navigate dating, impossible beauty standards and the dual pressure to be a careerwoman and a nurturer?

Realising that no mother can answer these questions alone, Namulanta began gathering letters, addressed to her daughter, full of heartfelt advice from her family and friends. What began as a personal project blossomed into an award-winning BBC World Service podcast, in which parents, relatives and friends from around the world offered up their hard-won insights, comfort and guidance for the next generation of young women. This book collects the wisdom of that global village of voices. Here are stories of fashion failures and over-plucked eyebrows, disastrous dates and first loves. Here are mothers who fight for their daughters in ways both dramatic and ordinary, and of daughters learning that the stories they inherit might become their greatest source of strength.

Tender and wise, with space for you to add your own letters and reflections, Dear Daughter is a book to write in, return to and pass on – a family heirloom in the making.

Biographical note:
Namulanta Kombo is the host and producer of the award-winning podcast Dear Daughter with the BBC World Service. The podcast won Best Family Podcast and Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards 2022. Namulanta lives in Nairobi, Kenya musing about what to tell our daughters, including her own.
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From award-winning BBC podcaster Namulanta Kombo comes a heartfelt collection of letters from parents around the globe, filled with hard-won wisdom for young women - with a guided journal inside
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Gifting potential for Mother’s Day: The book has an interactive journalling element which encourages mothers to source and pass down wisdom in a guidebook form to their daughters. A great gift for expectant mothers and young women facing struggles.
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Global audience and platform: Namulanta’s podcast Dear Daughter has had more than 2 million downloads with extensive international reach. It won Podcast of the Year and Best Family Podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2022, and has the backing of BBC Sounds and BBC World Service.
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Established readership: This book is for readers of Dear Dolly: On Life, Love and Friendship by Dolly Alderton (65.9k TCM) and Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn (93.9k TCM), as well as fans of interactive journals like Mom, I Want to Hear Your Story (39.3k TCM).