{"product_id":"9780345810557","title":"Motherhood","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring, funny, and poignant novel about the desire and duty to procreate, by one of our most brilliant and original writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotherhood \u003c\/i\u003etreats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood—whether or not to have children—with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti international acclaim, and which led her previous work, \u003ci\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/i\u003e, to be called \"one of the most talked-about books of the year\" \u003ci\u003e(TIME\u003c\/i\u003e magazine).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti's narrator considers, with the same urgency, whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, body, family, friends, mysticism and chance, she struggles to make a moral and meaningful choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a compellingly direct mode that straddles the forms of the novel and the essay, \u003ci\u003eMotherhood \u003c\/i\u003eraises radical and essential questions about womanhood, parenthood, and how—and for whom—to live.","brand":"Sheila Heti (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45230148124726,"sku":"9780345810557","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/2026\/9110\/files\/motherhood-1021409.jpg?v=1775230404","url":"https:\/\/shopsaturdaymorning.ca\/products\/9780345810557","provider":"Saturday Morning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}