In Vitro On Longing and Transformation by Isabel Zapata (Paperback Book)

Name: In Vitro On Longing and Transformation by Isabel Zapata (Paperback Book)
Brand: Coffee House Press

Coffee House Press

A meditation on in vitro fertilization that expands and complicates the stories we tell about pregnancy.\nMedical interventions become an exercise in patience, desire, and delirium in this intimate account of bodily transformation and disruption. In candid, graceful prose, Isabel Zapata gives voice to the strangeness and complexities of conception and motherhood that are rarely discussed publicly. Zapata frankly addresses the misogyny she experienced during fertility treatments, explores the force of grief in imagining possible futures, and confronts the societal expectations around maternity. In the tradition of Rivka Galchen\u2019s Little Labors and Sarah Manguso\u2019s Ongoingness, In Vitro draws from diary and essay forms to create a new kind of literary companion and open up space for nuanced\n\nIn Vitro\nOn Longing and Transformation\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that t;