{"product_id":"the-seed-alexandra-kimball-9781552453858","title":"The Seed: Infertility Is a Feminist Issue","description":"\u003cp\u003eNotes on desire, reproduction, and grief, and how feminism doesn't support women struggling to have children\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pop culture as much as in policy advocacy, the feminist movement has historically left infertile women out in the cold. This book traverses the chilly landscape of miscarriage, and the particular grief that accompanies the longing to make a family. Framed by her own desire for a child, journalist Alexandra Kimball brilliantly reveals the pain and loneliness of infertility, especially as a lifelong feminist. Her experience of online infertility support groups -- where women gather in forums to discuss IVF, surrogacy, and isolation -- leaves her longing for a real life community of women working to break down the stigma of infertility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the tradition of Eula Biss's \u003ci\u003eOn Immunity\u003c\/i\u003e and Barbara Ehrenreich's \u003ci\u003eBright-sided\u003c\/i\u003e, Kimball marries perceptive analysis with deep reportage -- her findings show the lie behind the prevailing, and at times paradoxical, cultural attitudes regarding women's right to actively choose to have children. Braiding together feminist history, memoir, and reporting from the front lines of the battle for reproductive rights and technology, \u003ci\u003eThe Seed\u003c\/i\u003e plants in readers the desire for a world where no woman is made to feel that her biology is her destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Kimball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552453855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 4.80w x 0.40d","brand":"Alexandra Kimball","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996330655999,"sku":"9781552453858","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a7810a4-ef1a-470a-b061-e4b2edf3f780.jpg?v=1683341069","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-seed-alexandra-kimball-9781552453858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}