{"product_id":"9780349016573","title":"The Unfamiliar : A Queer Motherhood Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood'You and your partner want a baby. But your two bodies can't make a baby together.'  If you want a baby but your body says otherwise -  If you don't know the polite way to say thank you for the sperm -  If you're waiting for the sound of a brand-new heartbeat -  If you know it takes a village to raise a baby but have no idea who should be doing what -If you're lurching between bliss and bewilderment - If you don't fit the shape of what you've been told a mother should be -  Reach for The Unfamiliar and don't let go.  Moving and immersive, and written with wisdom, disarming humour and raw honesty, The Unfamiliar casts a fresh eye on motherhood and challenges our assumptions about pregnancy, gender roles, queer identity and what it means to be a parent.   'Cold, hard, raw writing that somehow sets your heart on fire' LAURA DOCKRILL'Fierce, honest, beautifully written... A marvel' PRAGYA AGARWAL'Kirsty Logan writes with bright wit and wonder - I read this book in awe' DOIREANN NA_ GHRA_OFA'Wonderful... Luminous writing captures the uncertainty, the fear, the sheer physicality of love' MARIANNE LEVY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45460936491229,"sku":"9780349016573","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780349016573.jpg?v=1720021402","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780349016573","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}