{"product_id":"9781914240058-small","title":"Small: On Motherhoods","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A beautiful perfect book' PHILIPPA PERRY\u003cbr\u003eA debut literary memoir on queer motherhood, and whether it is our \u003ci\u003esmallness \u003c\/i\u003ethat makes our lives so big.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eI've read a beautiful perfect book. If you are straight or gay, read it.\" - \u003cb\u003ePHILIPPA PERRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Original, important, moving, witty and exquisitely-written. WHAT a feat.\" - \u003cb\u003eBERNARDINE EVARISTO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Incredible. beautiful and funny and humane.\"\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMILIE PINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pristine poetry and prose.\" \u003cb\u003eKATHERINE MAY, AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eWINTERING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBabies who are this small, he says, have a good chance of survival. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall is not good for babies. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is not whimsical or cute or the cause of admiration. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is the first time it occurs to us that they might not survive. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabies die from smallness.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Lynch knew that having children with her wife would be complicated but she could never have anticipated the extent to which her life would be redrawn by the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis dazzling debut begins with the smallest of life's substances, the microscopic cells subdividing in a petri dish in a fertility treatment centre. She moves through her story in incremental yet ever growing steps, from the fingernail-sized pregnancy test result screen which bears two affirmative lines to the premature arrival of her children who have to wear scale-model oxygen masks in their life-saving incubators. Devastatingly poignant and profoundly observant - and funny against the odds - Claire considers whether it is our \u003ci\u003esmallness\u003c\/i\u003e that makes our lives so big.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39857380753505,"sku":"9781914240058","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28027810.jpg?v=1722250969","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781914240058-small","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}