About the Book: Generation Maybe
The definitive investigation by an award-winning journalist into why across
continents, classes, cultures and religions were having fewer children
In Britain, one in five couples have no children, and almost half of all
families have only one. The populations of China, Japan, Russia and Italy are
shrinking. Pronatalists cry that feminism has killed the family. Governments
throw money at childcare. Would-be grandparents wring their hands at the
apparent selfishness of the young. But the conversation is in the wrong place.
Camilla Cavendish offers a startling blend of data and stories to uncover what
is really driving the baby