{"product_id":"motherhood","title":"Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times, New York Magazine, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVulture \u003c\/i\u003e(#1 of 2018), \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Top Shelf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sheila Heti's book seems likely to become the defining literary work on the subject . . . It's hard to do justice to its complexity. This is less a book than a tapestry--a finely wrought work of delicate art.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/i\u003e comes a daring novel about whether or not to have children. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMotherhood, \u003c\/i\u003eSheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with the candor, originality, and humor that have won Heti international acclaim and made \u003ci\u003eHow Should A Person Be?\u003c\/i\u003e required reading for a generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her late thirties, when her friends are asking \u003ci\u003ewhen \u003c\/i\u003ethey will become mothers, the narrator of Heti's intimate and urgent novel considers whether she will do so at all. In a narrative spanning several years, casting among the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her forbearers, she struggles to make a wise and moral choice. After seeking guidance from philosophy, her body, mysticism, and chance, she discovers her answer much closer to home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotherhood \u003c\/i\u003eis a courageous, keenly felt, and starkly original novel that will surely spark lively conversations about womanhood, parenthood, and about how--and for whom--to live.","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45786980253743,"sku":"9781250214782","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_2ea70e27-9bd4-4713-92d8-84ae335a5518.jpg?v=1786145207","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/motherhood","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}