“This work makes a significant contribution to the field of reproductive technology studies given its in-depth ethnographic research …a work of ethnographic and analytical excellence.”  ·  Reviews in Anthropology “This book is thorough..a comprehensive account of the complicated and at time ambivalent voices of women involved in donating and receiving ova. It will be useful for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level classes.”  ·  Medical Anthropology Quarterly “…an important contribution for anthropologists and those in [many] other disciplines…Konrad has managed to critically explicate the complex and intimate relationship that binds anonymous donor with anonymous recipient.”  ·  American Anthropologist “The comparative use of Melanesian ethnography and anthropological theorizing creates a challenging analytical undertaking in this [thought-provoking] study. This comparison draws on a well of different sources, starting with Malinowski and Mauss and ending up with Strathern.”  ·  Anthropological Quarterly “Konrad has produced an exceptionally interesting and totallyoriginal book ... a major contribution to social theory.”  ·  Marilyn Strathern, Cambridge University