โCrackling and bighearted...A powerhouse [that] echoes with the truth that we find harmony when we listen first to ourselves.โ โOprah Daily * โTakes off with magnificent speed and never lets up.โ โThe New York Times * โRevolutionary.โ โNPRโs Morning Edition * A Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A provocative and โdarkly funnyโ (Cosmopolitan) novel about a woman who desperately wants a child but struggles to accept the use of assisted reproductive technologyโa โriotous, visceralโ (Vanity Fair) send-up of feminism, fame, art, commerce, and autonomy.
On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants a child, she is wary of technological conception, and has poured her ambivalence into her music. As the album makes its way in the world, the shock of the response from fans and critics is at first excitingโand then invasive and strange. Aviva never wanted to be famous, or did she? Meanwhile, her evolving obsession with another iconic musician, gone too soon, might just help her make sense of things.
Told over the course of nine menstrual cycles, this utterly original novel is a โfast, fiery, and often funnyโ (The Boston Globe) interrogation of our cultural obsession with childbearing. Itโs also the story of one fearless woman at the crossroads, ruthlessly questioning what she wants and what sheโs willingโor not willingโto do to get it.