Joanna Pocock

A mother-daughter love story

In her latest memoir, Leslie Jamison describes her pregnancy, experience of childbirth and devotion to her baby, returning repeatedly to the dilemmas of a working mother

Leslie Jamison. [Credit: Grace Ann Leadbeater]

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