{"product_id":"9780861544929-nursery","title":"The Nursery","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs motherhood supposed to feel like this? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I'm obsessed with this novel.' Jessamine Chan, author of \u003cem\u003eThe School for Good Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003eNOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL ABOUT MATERNAL FEAR AND THE MYTH OF IDYLLIC EARLY MOTHERHOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe baby I hold in my arms is a leech, let’s call her Button. Button is crying.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a before, and there is an after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her cramped New York apartment, a mother wilts beneath the intense August heat, struggling to adapt to her role as the silent interpreter of her newborn baby’s needs. She is not the first woman to give birth, to hold and carry and soothe and cradle. But the walls of her home seem to press ever closer as she balances on the fragile tightrope between maternal instinct and the longing for all she has left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lifeline emerges in the unexpected form of Peter, her ailing upstairs neighbour, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. They are both confined to this oppressive apartment building, and they are both running out of time. Something is soon to crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this mesmerizing portrait of the first days of motherhood, Szilvia Molnar lays bare the strength it takes to redefine who you are, rediscovering the simple pleasures of life along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I was blown away by this book. At once somber and joyful, sly and earnest, nimble and painstaking, perverse and profoundly invigorating.' Lydia Kiesling, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Golden State\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40810329276513,"sku":"9780861544929","price":16.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27549647.jpg?v=1721894494","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780861544929-nursery","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}