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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot (a Tonight Show Summer Read pick) and You Should Have Known, adapted as HBO's The Undoing, Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Latecomer is the story of three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth. The Oppenheimer triplets have been reared with every advantage: wealth, education, and the determined attention of at least one of their...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Minerva Promise claimed that her three "test tube" daughters--gifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Avery--were engineered and molded to be geniuses. Now twenty years later, the sisters reluctantly agree to take part in a documentary that will reveal secrets and spur them to forge their own extraordinary lives at last"--
Author
Series
Harlequin presents volume 2985
Language
English
Formats
Description
An IVG clinic mix-up means eternally single Alison Whitman is now carrying the child - the royal heir - of Maximo Rossi, Prince of Turan. But tradition is high on the Prince's agenda, and he'll never stand for an heir born out of wedlock. Alison is about to find out that royal marriage is a command, not a choice.
Author
Language
English
Description
Contains scenes of miscarriage and childbirth, as well as cancer survival and implied animal endangerment.
"The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens--while the men in her life refuse to believe a word she says. Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a health scare, Brighton-based Lou is forced to confront the fact that her time to have a baby is running out. She can't imagine a future without children, but her partner doesn't seem to feel the same way, and she's not sure whether she could go it alone. Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, Cath is longing to start a family with her husband, Rich. No one would be happier to have children than Rich, but Cath is infertile. Could these strangers help one...
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Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the 1978 birth of Louise Brown, the first baby born through in-vitro fertilization, as well as events leading up to this revolutionary treatment for infertility and its ramifications.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
237 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After receiving the news that in vitro would be their only option for biological children, award-winning poet Emily Harris Adams and her husband had to learn to live in a new world of needles, embarrassing tests, long waiting periods - and empty arms. In this beautiful and touching book of poems and essays, Emily tells the story of the difficult years that followed and how, despite the many instances of disappointment, she learned how to continue...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A curious little girl loves to ask questions. Most of all, she loves to hear how she was made with the help of an egg donor! A quirky, funny, and celebratory story that teaches kids about one of the many ways babies join a family. Inspired by the author’s own experiences, this joyful picture book is a great way to introduce kids to the concept of egg donation."--
10) Made in America
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An inquisitive young black woman discovers her biological father is an anonymous sperm-bank donor, a white used-car salesman whose cornball commercials blanket cable TV.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xi, 286 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From PEN/America Award winner, 2021 Guggenheim fellow, and beloved literary and tarot icon Michelle Tea, the hilarious, powerfully written, taboo-breaking story of her journey to pregnancy and motherhood as a 40 year-old, queer, uninsured woman. Written in intimate, gleefully TMI prose, Knocking Myself Up is the irreverent account of Tea's route to parenthood-with a group of ride-or-die friends, a generous drag queen, and a whole lot of can-do pluck....
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
INFERTILITY & FERTILIZATION. Richard and Rosie started trying to conceive after five years of being together but, two and a half years and countless prenatal vitamins and ovulation kits later, there hadn't been even a phantom pregnancy. So began their adventure into IVF, via blood tests, sperm tests, injections and probes, becoming involuntary experts on embryology through failure, despair, persistence and success. After 4 years, 3 different clinics,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this brave and lucid account, Julia Leigh broaches a challenging life event often left undiscussed: how the struggle to have a child can take an agonizing toll. Leigh’s experience at the vanguard of medical science is acutely rendered, physically and emotionally, transmitting what it feels like to so desperately wish for a child while knowing that the odds are stacked against you. From the daily shots she puts herself through at home, to hopes...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A provocative examination of reproductive technologies that questions our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and the female body Since the world's first test-tube baby was born in 1978, in vitro fertilization has made the unimaginable possible for millions of people. Yet today, the revolutionary potential of babies in bottles remains unrealized. Fertility centers continue to reinforce conservative norms of motherhood and family, and infertility...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of She Left Me The Gun, an explosive and hilarious memoir about the exceptional and life-changing decision to conceive a child on one's own via assisted reproduction. When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant, she quickly realizes that, being single, 37, and in the early stages of a same-sex relationship, she's going to have to be untraditional about it. From the moment she...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 485 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This indispensable, comprehensive, and accessible reference book to infertility provides people with the tools they need to be their own best advocates as they navigate fertility treatments and highs and lows of their infertility journey. Author Heather Huhman guides readers through every stage of the process-from knowing when to seek medical advice to parenting after infertility, and everything in between. There's the medical nitty gritty: getting...
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