Hello Book Lovers,
Take this opportunity to get the most out of reading! Join a vibrant Book Club that will challenge you to read unique books, and encourage you to consider alternative perspectives.
This Book Clubber Pass will grant you access to weekly Sunday evening (5:30pm AST) Book Club on Zoom.
*THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A COPY OF THE BOOK*
I encourage you to find a copy of Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel at your local library, or your favourite second-hand book store. Of course, you can find this publication new from a number of large and small booksellers.
There are limited spaces available 🥰
Yours,
Emma
December 2024 Book Pick:
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel
Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. Laura has taken the drastic decision to be sterilised, but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother.
When complications arise in Alina’s pregnancy and Laura becomes attached to her neighbour’s son, both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions, in Nettel’s sensitive and surgically precise exploration of maternal ambivalence.
Still Born was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, announced on April 18, 2023.
In prose that is as gripping as it is insightful, Guadalupe Nettel explores maternal ambivalence with a surgeon’s touch, carefully dissecting the contradictions that make up the lived experiences of women.
When complications arise in Alina’s pregnancy and Laura becomes attached to her neighbour’s son, both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions, in Nettel’s sensitive and surgically precise exploration of maternal ambivalence.
Still Born was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, announced on April 18, 2023.
In prose that is as gripping as it is insightful, Guadalupe Nettel explores maternal ambivalence with a surgeon’s touch, carefully dissecting the contradictions that make up the lived experiences of women.