# Reproduction - Hardcover

by **Louisa Hall** (Author)

**A lucid, genre-defying novel that explores the surreality of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in a country in crisis**

A novelist attempts to write a book about Mary Shelley, author of _Frankenstein_, a mother and artist whose harrowing pregnancies reveal the cost of human reproduction. Soon, however, the novelist's own painful experiences of pregnancy and childbirth, as well as her increasing awareness of larger threats from climate change to pandemic, force her to give up on the book and turn instead to writing a contemporary _Frankenstein_, based on the story of an old friend who mysteriously reappears in her life.

In telling a story that ranges from pregnancy to miscarriage to traumatic birth, from motherhood to the frontiers of reproductive science, Louisa Hall draws powerfully from her own experiences, as well as the stories of two other women: Mary Shelley and Anna, a scientist and would-be parent who is contemplating the possibilities, and morality, of genetic modification.

Both devastating and joyful, elegant and exacting, _Reproduction_ is a powerful reminder of the hazards and the rewards involved in creating new life, and a profoundly feminist exploration of motherhood, female friendship, and artistic ambition.

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 0.77 x 8.51 x 5.86 IN

**Publication Date:** June 13, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 30.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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