{"product_id":"motherhood","title":"Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sheila Heti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Giller Prize\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, New York Magazine, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eVulture \u003c\/em\u003e(#1 of 2018), NPR\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLit Hub, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Top Shelf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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—\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/em\u003e comes a daring novel about whether or not to have children.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotherhood, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Should A Person Be?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e required reading for a generation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her late thirties, when her friends are asking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhen \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotherhood \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51522897805479,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/3875\/6519\/files\/motherhood2.jpg?v=1794348075","url":"https:\/\/ruthsbookstore.cjh.org\/products\/motherhood","provider":"Ruth's Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}