Book cover of “How to Be Unmothered: A Trinidadian Memoir” by Camille U. Adams, featuring a silhouette filled with photographic fragments of faces and palm trees, a January 2025 Bocas Book Bulletin pick.

How to be UnMothered

Author: Camille U. Adams
Genre: Non-fiction

Synopsis

How to be UnMothered: A Trinidadian Memoir (Restless Books) by Camille U. Adams troubles the supposed sanctity of the bond between a mother and child, drawing on the author’s own upbringing in Trinidad, asking difficult questions about love and trauma.