{"product_id":"9780349016573-the-unfamiliar","title":"The Unfamiliar","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Queer Motherhood Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'You and your partner want a baby. But your two bodies can't make a baby together.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you want a baby but your body says otherwise - \u003cbr\u003e If you don't know the polite way to say thank you for the sperm - \u003cbr\u003e If you're waiting for the sound of a brand-new heartbeat - \u003cbr\u003e If you know it takes a village to raise a baby but have no idea who should be doing what -\u003cbr\u003eIf you're lurching between bliss and bewilderment -\u003cbr\u003e If you don't fit the shape of what you've been told a mother should be - \u003cbr\u003e Reach for \u003ci\u003eThe Unfamiliar\u003c\/i\u003e and don't let go. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Moving and immersive, and written with wisdom, disarming humour and raw honesty, \u003ci\u003eThe Unfamiliar\u003c\/i\u003e casts a fresh eye on motherhood and challenges our assumptions about pregnancy, gender roles, queer identity and what it means to be a parent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Cold, hard, raw writing that somehow sets your heart on fire'\u003c\/b\u003e LAURA DOCKRILL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fierce, honest, beautifully written. A marvel' \u003c\/b\u003ePRAGYA AGARWAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kirsty Logan writes with bright wit and wonder - I read this book in awe' \u003c\/b\u003eDOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful. Luminous writing captures the uncertainty, the fear, the sheer physicality of love'\u003c\/b\u003e MARIANNE LEVY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40877512523873,"sku":"9780349016573","price":14.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_14537898_jpg.jpg?v=1705534163","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349016573-the-unfamiliar","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}