28/06/2021
Wonderful review from Professor Susan Golombok.
‘I found it gripping, illuminating, and strangely disturbing, as I am much more often exposed through my work to stories of women who are unable to have children, or to the accounts of those who have had children against the odds, either because of infertility, or because their sexuality or gender identity makes motherhood challenging. I was intrigued by Daphne and Amir’s somewhat ambivalent reactions to something that others yearn for so much, and the repercussions on their lives, and the lives of those around them. You conveyed their thoughts and feelings subtly, yet with sharp insight and emotional punch, to give a nuanced and unexpected perspective on pregnancy and the transition to parenthood. Your insightful and original novel will make readers think about pregnancy in a new way.
‘I wish you every success with this superb and distinctive novel.’
Susan Golombok, Professor of Family Research, Cambridge University, and Professorial Fellow at Newnham College
For her husband Amir, for their parents, and for their friends Guy and Abigail, the pregnancy and birth force them all to look at their own lives, at what they want, at their pasts and their futures. Each person has a different perspective of the delivery, and of the complexity of having a child: th...
