{"product_id":"the-art-of-waiting-belle-boggs-9781555977498","title":"The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Belle Boggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555977499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2016 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016 pg. 21","brand":"Belle Boggs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989305360639,"sku":"9781555977498","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_273a4c08-dfd4-4e44-b3aa-c4a61d5bf83e.jpg?v=1683298750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-waiting-belle-boggs-9781555977498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}