Brown Baby

‘Brown Baby is fizzing with humanity, life and light. Nikesh Shukla has written page after page of golden prose that made me laugh out loud and weep real tears. Love, family, grief, race and gender are all nurtured carefully with intention and hope in this urgently relevant 21st century memoir.’ Deborah Frances-White

‘A masterpiece of love, grief, humour and raising a daughter. Exquisitely written and so empowering, this is the book on fatherhood I have been waiting to read my whole life. I cannot begin to describe the whirlwind of emotions I experienced while reading the elegant vulnerability captured in these tender words.’ Nikita Gill

‘Covering parenthood, grief, food, race, feminism and bus timetables, reading it feels like letting sunlight in on the often stale debate around trying to be a good parent in a world that can be overwhelming on eight hours sleep let alone three.’ Alexandra Heminsley

‘It is, as it says, a memoir but it also speaks as a hymn to difference, to the complexities inherent with being Brown and British. The fear and brilliance of parenthood is tender to the point of pain. Funny and insightful. Beautiful.’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave

‘Brown Baby is searingly honest, sharply observed and deeply compassionate. Reading Nikesh’s memoir is akin to sharing the most intimate conversation with a dear friend, albeit one who is willing and able to be stunningly introspective and humble in order to be best father he can be for his beloved daughters. It’s a book I wish the men in my life had read when I was young, and one I will read again and again as I parent my own little brown babies.’ Anoushka Shankar

‘A wise and wonderful book from the hugely talented Nikesh Shukla. Written for his daughters, inspired by his mother whom they never got to meet, this love letter to his brown babies encompasses fatherhood, feminism, racial politics, growing up and being a grown up, with tenderness, depth and humour.’ Meera Syal

‘Brown Baby is the funniest, saddest, most motivating memoir I have ever read – it's like a clever friend in your ear. A life-changing, heartbreaking, fizz-popping book that fills me with joy and gratitude and communion.’ Emma Jane Unsworth