Äitiyden Jälki book

Äitiyden Jälki / Traces of Motherhood book is an ode to motherhood. Tender cover, but brutally honest content. In the book, 21 mothers openly share the most significant marks of their journey – ponder the visible and invisible traces motherhood has formed, and the emotions it has evoked. The book travels from fertility treatments to giving birth, to raising a little sister, to expecting the sixth baby, to losing one, to fighting for the rights of a special needs child, and to becoming a grandmother.

The book also examines through a feminist lens the shifting culture of motherhood, and how its demands have changed yet not drastically evolved along-side the role of women and gender equality.

English name: Traces of Motherhood, Stories of Nordic Mothers

Concept and design: Studio Nnol & Tytti-Lotta Ojala
Photography: Evelin Kask
Layout design: Studio Nnol