Motherhood
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New York, New York : Picador, [2019].
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Book
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9781250214782, 1250214785
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284 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Published
New York, New York : Picador, [2019].
Language
English
ISBN
9781250214782, 1250214785

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In Motherhood, Sheila 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 How Should A Person Be? required reading for a generation. In her late thirties, when her friends are asking when they 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. Motherhood is 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.
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What is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother? In her late thirties, a woman questions whether she will do so at all. She the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her family; 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. -- adapted from jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Heti, S. (2019). Motherhood . Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heti, Sheila, 1976-. 2019. Motherhood. Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heti, Sheila, 1976-. Motherhood Picador, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Heti, Sheila. Motherhood Picador, 2019.

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