{"product_id":"avalanche-a-love-story-9780393292763","title":"Avalanche  A Love Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn intensely personal narrative of loss, hope, and longing for a child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is one of the first intelligent, personal accounts of the daily business of IVF, and as such will surely be a useful (albeit rather demoralising) resource for other women. She describes the grueling rounds of injections, blood tests and scans, and the bloating and physical depletion that result. However, it’s a book that rightly has wider ambitions, because these insistent, lengthy attempts to become pregnant raise more elemental questions about what it means to desire a child.\" -- The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\"With searing intelligence and unflinching emotional clarity, Julia Leigh lays bare the exacting nature of desire. \u003cem\u003eAvalanche\u003c\/em\u003e is consummately ravishing.\" -- Tracy K. Smith, author of Ordinary Light\u003cbr\u003e\"An astonishing and unfliching personal account of an IVF journey--fiece, touching and redemptive.\" -- Jane Campion\u003cbr\u003e\"Julia Leigh writes beautifully and honestly and has a rare gift for bringing the reading along as if a trusted friend. Her stories of love and loss, friendship and sorrow make \u003cem\u003eAvalanche\u003c\/em\u003e entirely relatable.\" -- Amy Richard, author of Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself\u003cbr\u003e\"Leigh's a star and this account of IVF has all her brilliant luminosity.\" -- Chloe Hooper, author of  and The Engagement\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply personal, insightful and raw—Julia Leigh's story of her desire for a baby is beautifully told. I didn't want to put this brave book down for a second.\" -- Sofie Laguna, author of The Eye of the Sheep","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525132165463,"sku":"9780393292763","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393292763.jpg?v=1731859349","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/avalanche-a-love-story-9780393292763","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}