{"product_id":"motherhood-9781250214782","title":"Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Should a Person Be? \u003c\/i\u003e(\"one of the most talked-about books of the year\"--\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \u003ci\u003eWomen in Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e comes a daring novel about whether to have children. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250214782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Sheila Heti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648695398556,"sku":"9781250214782","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_702e19e3-59db-494a-a829-c1e69d8e7c2a.jpg?v=1603870774","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/motherhood-9781250214782","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}