Hours from now, Rachel Massey will become a mother. Terrified and excited, there is nothing she wants more. But motherhood is not as she had imagined. The sleepless nights turn to weeks, the weeks to months, and while Rachel loves her son as much as any mother, she can't escape the feeling that something has gone terribly wrong. Honest, uplifting and often shocking, Go To Sleep is a powerful and heart-wrenching story.
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* One of the more unusual, urgent young voices writing in Britain today, and very much of today's Britain, Walsh boldly confronts contemporary life, and her latest novel is a combustible combination of raw emotion and deep compassion Independent on Sunday * A brave and uncompromising novel that absolutely needed to be written dovegreyreader * Walsh is wonderfully in control of her world. Rachel's frenzied fatigue - which spirals rapidly and exponentially out of control - seeps off the novel's pages, inexorably carrying you along on her sleep-deprived journey. And you want to go along: Walsh is so terrific at making Rachel's universe immediate and vivid that you stay, immersed and riveted ... A book reflective of life itself Independent on Sunday * Walsh has a real way with words Herald * Compelling, unflinching and significant...invested with humour and colour The List * A more mature, but still hard hitting book. powerfully told. -- Doug Johnstone Big Issue * There will be lots here that is depressingly familiar to new parents. Walsh is particularly strong on that strung out narcotic hungover feeling of what life is like with too little sleep. Bookmunch
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Helen Walsh was born in Warrington, England, in 1976. Go To Sleep is her third novel. Her first, Brass, was published in 2004 and was the winner of a Betty Trask Prize. Her second novel, Once Upon a Time in England, was the winner of a Somerset Maugham Prize. She now lives in Liverpool.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By birkenbod
Format:Paperback
I bought this because my wife and I had a nightmare time with our first child who didn't sleep more than 2 hours until he was three. I was hoping it would help me understand a bit more why we both just fell apart and we were lucky to have any relationship left to rebuild.
And the book did help. It looks into all the dark corners of the post natal soul and puts it all out there. Incredibly painful... and with absolute truth.
On top of all that it's beautifully written. A much needed triumph.
And the book did help. It looks into all the dark corners of the post natal soul and puts it all out there. Incredibly painful... and with absolute truth.
On top of all that it's beautifully written. A much needed triumph.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By DM
Format:Paperback
Helen Walsh is one of those writers who manages to grab you from the first page and keeps hold of you long after you have finished her books. I didn't think she would be able to top 'Once Upon A Time In England' (an absolutely stunning book where I fell in love with every character), but I think she's done it here with the incredibly powerful 'Go To Sleep'. As with 'Brass', this book is at times brutally honest and shocking; Walsh is a brave writer whose work is all the better for this.
Rachel's journey down into deep depression and despair after the birth of her baby was compelling and the ending had me crying my eyes out!!! Hopefully this book will do its bit in making society sit up and take notice about a topic that is often ignored, despite how common it is.
A brilliant, gripping read.
Rachel's journey down into deep depression and despair after the birth of her baby was compelling and the ending had me crying my eyes out!!! Hopefully this book will do its bit in making society sit up and take notice about a topic that is often ignored, despite how common it is.
A brilliant, gripping read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By brownie
Format:Paperback
As shocking as you think this book may be, if you are a mother you been there
This took me back when I wanted desperately to be in control. No amount of classes or books prepares you for the enormity of motherhood. Worse still for Rachel she is single professional and intelligent, thinking this will be easy and she cannot wait for her bundle of joy.
There is no father to support her and to help her through what is a nightmare, and at the time going through post natal depression (PND) you are in a black cloud and nothing prepares you for this or the day to day monotony of the first few weeks at home with a child that will not stop crying.
This is about chronic sleep depravation, but Rachel has a deep love for her son, but this little boy is foreign to her and the readers desperate need to hug her and tell her its ok it will get better.
All too often women try to hide this and shy away from talking about it- its real and needs to be brought out into the open.
This took me back when I wanted desperately to be in control. No amount of classes or books prepares you for the enormity of motherhood. Worse still for Rachel she is single professional and intelligent, thinking this will be easy and she cannot wait for her bundle of joy.
There is no father to support her and to help her through what is a nightmare, and at the time going through post natal depression (PND) you are in a black cloud and nothing prepares you for this or the day to day monotony of the first few weeks at home with a child that will not stop crying.
This is about chronic sleep depravation, but Rachel has a deep love for her son, but this little boy is foreign to her and the readers desperate need to hug her and tell her its ok it will get better.
All too often women try to hide this and shy away from talking about it- its real and needs to be brought out into the open.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
The other side of motherhood
When a one night stand with an ex leaves Rachel pregnant, she decides to go ahead and have the baby by herself. She is a strong, independent woman, she will be a great mother. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Curiosity Killed The Bookworm
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Terrible Waste of an Opening
It is Toxteth, Liverpool, today. Rachel is heavily pregnant after a one night stand with Reuben, an ex and her first love. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Kartowidjojo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Failure to bond
Enjoyed this book about a single mother who struggles to bond and cope with her baby as she suffers severe sleep deprivation and probable post-natal depression. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Elka
4.0 out of 5 stars
a brave book of uncomfortable truths
Helen Walsh's previous output has been a pretty unflinching account of modern North West youth, self absorbed, driven by alcohol, sex and drugs but also dangerously, compellingly... Read more
Published 17 months ago by S. Travers
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simple idea, complex book
The idea for this book is quite simple but very interesting. The book is based around a woman, Rachel, who has just given birth for the first time and is likely suffering from... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Stepping Out of the Page
5.0 out of 5 stars
Painful to read but brutally honest
Helen Walsh is the author of `Once Upon a Time in England', a book I read and really enjoyed (even though it made my cry) a couple of years ago. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Denise4891
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very accurate,page turning read.
I picked up this book during my second pregnancy with trepidation as I was not sure I needed reminding of how awful those first few months can be. Read more
Published 20 months ago by elizabeth
2.0 out of 5 stars
Go to Sleep
I read this book having suffered a similar experience, but I found it a general poor read and really quite disappointing.
Published 20 months ago by Helen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb reading
Usually when reading a book, if I am not engaged in the first few chapters I lose interest, I cannot say that for this book, it maginficiently portrayed a taboo that is not usually... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Coco
4.0 out of 5 stars
frank and honest, if a bit disturbing
I read this book wondering how the issue of PND would be tackled, having suffered a few years ago from it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by rozzyb2002
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