Spaces and Politics of Motherhood is an important contribution to geography and to feminist studies of motherhood. By bringing together empirical insights into the ways that space(s) matter to the experiences of mothering, with theoretical analysis from New Materialisms and attention to policy, Boyer offers us an innovative and potentially far-reaching addition to this burgeoning area of research.

Rosie Cox, Professor of Geography at Birkbeck, University of London

A beautifully written, groundbreaking study of the challenges mothers face in seeking to feel at home in the world. Evidence-based, theoretically sophisticated, and animated by personal experience, it makes exciting advances in motherhood scholarship, asking: how can mothers be supported, if their care-work isn’t welcomed into the everyday spaces of our lives? This book is destined to become a classic.

Fiona Giles, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Sydney