Reproduction

By Louisa Hall,

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'Compelling, elegant and bitingly smart.' Nell Stevens, author of Briefly, A Delicious Life

A Frankenstein for the twenty-first century by the Dylan Thomas Prize-shortlisted author of Trinity and Speak

A woman begins work on a novel about Mary Shelley while pregnant for the first time. Recently married, she has just…

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1 author picked Reproduction as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

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I got all the feels from this one – love, grief, joy, frustration, sadness.

Reproduction is a unique read, a novel capturing the different lives modern women are leading today when it comes to motherhood and conceiving, and I commend Hall for her bravery and beautiful words. 

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