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Small: On motherhoods | Claire Lynch
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"Original, important, moving, funny - quite a feat." - BERNARDINE EVARISTO "Incredible... beautiful and funny and humane." - EMILIE PINE "Babies who are this small, he says, have a good chance of survival. Small is not good for babies. It is not whimsical or cute or the cause of admiration. It is the first time it occurs to us that they might not survive. Babies die from smallness." Claire Lynch knew that having children with her wife would be complicated but she could never have anticipated the extent to which her life would be redrawn by the process. This dazzling debut begins with the smallest of life's substances, the microscopic cells subdividing in a petri dish in a fertility treatment centre. She moves through her story in incremental yet ever growing steps, from the fingernail-sized pregnancy test result screen which bears two affirmative lines to the premature arrival of her children who have to wear scale-model oxygen masks in their life-saving incubators. Devastatingly poignant and profoundly observant - and funny against the odds - Claire considers whether it is our smallness that makes our lives so big.
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AllDebooks
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This is a truly special, crucial book. Claire Lynch is able to portray her family life, as both she & her wife try for a baby. She does this through incredibly moving, funny & astute poetry and prosaic writing. The constant thread throughout is of love & compassion, particularly when dealing with loss, miscarriage, & grief. I hope it brings much comfort and understanding on such deeply emotional circumstances.
Highly recommended.

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Small: On motherhoods | Claire Lynch
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This is something truly special. ❤️💔❤️

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readingjedi
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Reading this beautifully written reflection on fertility, pregnancy and early motherhood was a profoundly emotional experience for me. It is also, not to put too fine a point on it, utterly brilliant. Lynch's insights are spot on, feelings channelled straight from my own heart, and she expresses some complex emotions with a glorious clarity. Forgive me if I'm gushing but this really is a special piece of work. Mother or not, this is excellent.

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readingjedi
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Starting this one today. With thanks to #netgalley for this book.

I have a complex relationship with motherhood, being an older mother and being without a mother since childhood, so I'm intrigued by this one.