{"product_id":"the-art-of-waiting-on-fertility-medicine-and-motherhood-paperback","title":"The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBelle Boggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertility\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Belle Boggs's The Art of Waiting was published in \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e in 2012, it went viral, leading to republication in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, an interview on NPR's \u003ci\u003eThe Diane Rehm Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and a spot at the intersection of highbrow and brilliant in \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Approval Matrix. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn that heartbreaking essay, Boggs eloquently recounts her realization that she might never be able to conceive. She searches the apparently fertile world around her--the emergence of thirteen-year cicadas, the birth of eaglets near her rural home, and an unusual gorilla pregnancy at a local zoo--for signs that she is not alone. Boggs also explores other aspects of fertility and infertility: the way longing for a child plays out in the classic Coen brothers film \u003ci\u003eRaising Arizona\u003c\/i\u003e; the depiction of childlessness in literature, from \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u003c\/i\u003e; the financial and legal complications that accompany alternative means of family making; the private and public expressions of iconic writers grappling with motherhood and fertility. She reports, with great empathy, complex stories of couples who adopted domestically and from overseas, LGBT couples considering assisted reproduction and surrogacy, and women and men reflecting on childless or child-free lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e, Boggs deftly distills her time of waiting into an expansive contemplation of fertility, choice, and the many possible roads to making a life and making a family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBelle Boggs\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMattaponi Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Slate\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. She teaches in the MFA program at North Carolina State Universit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771616985376,"sku":"9781555977498","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/61f4f7d28abad0942cadf01a2f921e75.webp?v=1780389641","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-art-of-waiting-on-fertility-medicine-and-motherhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}