{"product_id":"the-unfamiliar-9780349016573","title":"The Unfamiliar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\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 some\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSearingly honest.\u003c\/b\u003e There is something inherently strange about nurturing a person inside your body and then giving birth to it ... \u003cb\u003eLogan does an excellent job of portraying the reality - the beauty and the horror of it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lotte Jeffs * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eWhen pregnancy grabs hold of a body it uses it to tell a very old story, but \u003ci\u003eThe Unfamiliar\u003c\/i\u003e insists on a telling that is vibrantly new. The result is a book of desire, of bewilderment, of joy, of grief, and of love. Kirsty Logan writes with bright wit and wonder - I read this book in awe * Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat *\u003cbr\u003eWhat a book this is, probing gender roles and expectation, identity and desire. Luminous writing captures the uncertainty, the fear, the sheer physicality of love. It is wonderful * Marianne Levy, author of Don't Forget to Scream *\u003cbr\u003eCold, hard, raw writing that somehow sets your heart on fire. I could not put it down * Laura Dockrill, author of What Have I Done? *\u003cbr\u003eSuch a fierce, honest, beautifully written account of love, and queer motherhood. I found it very moving. Logan manages to bring the tiniest detail in kaleidoscopic detail for the reader, but in such precise poetic prose. A marvel * Pragya Agarwal, author of (M)otherhood *\u003cbr\u003eI loved \u003ci\u003eThe Unfamiliar \u003c\/i\u003e- a courageous and sharply written account of a meandering journey to motherhood and all the emotional and physical struggles it entails. Funny and intensely moving, with the most vivid description of birth I've ever read * Kate Maxwell, author of Hush *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733643342167,"sku":"9780349016573","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349016573.jpg?v=1720000990","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-unfamiliar-9780349016573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}