The Baby Lottery - Hardcover

Trueblood, Kathryn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579621511 ISBN 13: 9781579621513

Publisher: Permanent Pr Pub Co, 2007

Synopsis

Nan, an obstretic nurse; Anastasia, a businesswoman; Jean, a former social worker; and Virginia, a community college professor, all friends from college, find their interlocking relationships strained when one of them, in her late thirties, decides to have a second trimester abortion after delaying the decision in hopes that her husband will change his mind. These women have all wrestled with--and are still engaged by--the questions of careers vs. motherhodd, marriage vs. divorce, and pregnancy vs. abortion.

About this title

About the Author:

In her writing, KATHRYN TRUEBLOOD is preoccupied by the issues facing women in contemporary life. Her first book, The Sperm Donor's Daughter & Other Tales of Modern Family explored “how the pace of reproductive technology has outstripped our emotional and philosophical capacity for reflection.” It received a Special Mention for the Pushcart Prize 2000. Concerning The Baby Lottery she adds, “My father as a young man was a resident at L.A. County Hospital pre Roe v. Wade, and he worked the O.B. Infection Ward where all the women with botched abortions ended up if they didn't die first. His views as a result of that experience have had a profound effect on my writing.” An Assistant Professor at Western Washington University, she co-edited two anthologies of multicultural literature. Her stories and articles have appeared in countless magazines. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.

From the Inside Flap:

Five women, friends at college, find their interlocking relationships strained when one of them, in her late thirties decides to have a second trimester abortion after delaying the decision in hopes that her husband will change his mind. The novel records the voices of her four friends as they struggle to bridge the gap between what they think they should feel and what they discover they do feel. The friends are Nan, an obstetric nurse; Anastasia, a businesswoman; Jean, a former social worker; and Virginia, a community college professor. These women have all wrestled with—and are still engaged by—the questions of careers vs motherhood, marriage vs divorce, and pregnancy vs abortion. These are the issues that lie at the heart of this novel and make it so relevant for so many women.In The Baby Lottery, women's lives contrast painfully and inevitably: one woman has repeated miscarriages; another has an abortion; one woman chooses to remain single; another stays married for security. Ultimately, like Nan, the reader may see why some friendships deteriorate and others prevail.

About this edition

• Publisher: Permanent Pr Pub Co
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1579621511
• ISBN 13: 9781579621513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 247