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Dead Babies and Seaside Towns
Alice Jolly
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Description for Dead Babies and Seaside Towns
Paperback. When Alice Jolly's second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox. This is an intensely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BM; VFDW; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 398.
When Alice Jolly's second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox. Shot through with humour and full of hope, Dead Babies and Seaside Towns is an intensely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. As she battles through miscarriage, IVF and failed adoption attempts, Alice finds comfort in the faded charm of Britain's crumbling seaside towns. The journey ultimately leads her and her husband to a small town in Minnesota, and ... Read more
When Alice Jolly's second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox. Shot through with humour and full of hope, Dead Babies and Seaside Towns is an intensely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. As she battles through miscarriage, IVF and failed adoption attempts, Alice finds comfort in the faded charm of Britain's crumbling seaside towns. The journey ultimately leads her and her husband to a small town in Minnesota, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Unbound
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783523610
SKU
V9781783523610
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Alice Jolly
Alice Jolly is an award-winning novelist, playwright and teacher of creative writing. Her two novels (What the Eye Doesn't See and If Only You Knew) are both published by Simon & Schuster. Her articles have been published in the Guardian, the Mail on Sunday and the Independent, and four of her plays have been produced by The Everyman Theatre in ... Read more
Reviews for Dead Babies and Seaside Towns
Painful but also funny, hopeful and ultimately joyful. A really honest account of womanhood and motherhood.
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