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The Unfamiliar

A Queer Motherhood Memoir

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The Unfamiliar

By: Kirsty Logan
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An unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood

'You and your partner want a baby. But your two bodies can't make a baby together.'

If you want a baby but your body says otherwise -

If you don't know the polite way to say thank you for the sperm -

If you're waiting for the sound of a brand-new heartbeat -

If you know it takes a village to raise a baby but have no idea who should be doing what -

If you're lurching between bliss and bewilderment -

If you don't fit the shape of what you've been told a mother should be -

Reach for The Unfamiliar and don't let go.

Moving and immersive, and written with wisdom, disarming humour and raw honesty, The Unfamiliar casts a fresh eye on motherhood and challenges our assumptions about pregnancy, gender roles, queer identity and what it means to be a parent.

©2023 Kirsty Logan (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK Biographies & Memoirs Motherhood Parenting & Families Relationships Memoir Funny Pregnancy

Critic reviews

'Cold, hard, raw writing that somehow sets your heart on fire' LAURA DOCKRILL

'Fierce, honest, beautifully written... A marvel' PRAGYA AGARWAL

'Kirsty Logan writes with bright wit and wonder - I read this book in awe' DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA
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This is the first book I’ve read/ listened to by Kirsty Logan. I truly loved it. It was honest and beautifully written

Beautiful & honest

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I enjoyed this memoir read by the author, it’s great to listen to because the way is written (using the second person) and I enjoyed it immensely.

Beautiful, raw parenthood memoir

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