Stacey’s new book includes a letter written by her young daughter Minnie
The One Show’s presenter Alex Jones was left fighting her fighting tears live-on-air as she was joined by Stacey Dooley on Tuesday’s edition (March 11) of the BBC show.
Joined by musician KT Tunstall, who is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her hit Suddenly I See, Stacey opened up about her new book to Alex and her co-host Clara Amfo.
Releasing later this week, Conversations with Remarkable Mothers is a showcase of letters Stacey received from mums all over the UK about their experiences with motherhood.
Attempting to explain a letter Stacey included from her two-year-old daughter Minnie, Alex was unable to read it and had to be consoled by Clara after getting emotional.
“It is lovely, and there’s the whole spectrum of motherhood from every angle, but, of course, it starts with a letter to Minnie. Oh my god, I can’t even say it, but it’s just so lovely,” Alex said before having to take a moment.
Composing herself, Alex added: “It’s quite funny as well, actually, because you talk about finding out you were pregnant and, of course, it was in Selfridges.”
Later on in the interview, Stacey, most known for her documentaries, gave an insight into why she wanted to tackle the experience of motherhood and hear from other mums.
“We were sort of flirting with the idea of what we wanted to talk about, and whether I had a third book in me. I did definitely want to do another book.
“It was sort of a no-brainer if you know what I mean, motherhood was at the forefront of my mind… I just quite fancied doing something surrounding motherhood.
“It’s such an oversaturated market, there’s so many books telling you how to do it and I don’t know how to do it, so I thought, ‘Do you know what? I actually have no authority to kind of hand out any words of advice,” she said.
Deciding that she didn’t want to confine herself to using just her own advice and experience as a mum, Stacey explored a variety of backgrounds and experiences from all walks of life.
“My pregnancy, my birth, my journey has been relatively straightforward, and that’s not representative so I wanted it to feel quite universal,” she said
Stacey added: “The mums were just total sweethearts… It’s lovely, I’m delighted with it.”
