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May 2019

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Sheila Heti’s brave, unflinching novel Motherhood tells the story of one woman’s indecision about having children.
STARRED REVIEW
May 2019

Book Clubs: May 2019

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Sheila Heti’s brave, unflinching novel Motherhood tells the story of one woman’s indecision about having children.
May 2019

Book Clubs: May 2019

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Sheila Heti’s brave, unflinching novel Motherhood tells the story of one woman’s indecision about having children.
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Sheila Heti’s brave, unflinching novel Motherhood tells the story of one woman’s indecision about having children. The book’s unnamed narrator, a writer approaching the age of 40, is surrounded by friends who are starting families. She lives in Toronto with Miles, her boyfriend, who has a daughter from another relationship. In the midst of this domesticity, she’s plagued by uncertainty about reproducing. She’s honest about her ambivalence but fearful that she’ll one day regret not having kids of her own. Heti combines poignant first-person storytelling with a compassionate consideration of the traditions and implications of motherhood. The novel is a rich meditation on society’s expectations, personal agency and the evolving roles of women. Selected as a best book of 2018 by the New York Times and NPR, this provocative novel is sure to resonate with female readers, regardless of parental status.

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Motherhood
By Garrison Keillor
HighBridge Audio

ISBN 9781615730407

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Motherhood

Motherhood

By Garrison Keillor
HighBridge Audio
ISBN 9781615730407
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By Kate Atkinson
Little, Brown
ISBN 9780316176637
The Mars Room

The Mars Room

By Rachel Kushner
Scribner
ISBN 9781476756554
Severance

Severance

By Ling Ma
FSG
ISBN 9780374261597
There There

There There

By Tommy Orange
Knopf
ISBN 9780525520375

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