{"product_id":"inconceivable-heartbreak-bad-dates-and-finding-solo-motherhood-9780733648250","title":"Inconceivable: Heartbreak, Bad Dates and Finding Solo Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn inspiring and necessary book that challenges the narratives we set for our lives and reveals the beauty beyond them' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLEMENTINE FORD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved. But when she woke up to a ravenous hunger to have a baby that her partner didn't share, her life took a sharp turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe found herself back in Melbourne at 37, single, heartbroken and living with her parents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlly began dating with dedication, with sometimes hilarious and often soul-crushing results. Like many 30-something single women, though, she found that her reproductive timeline was rapidly outpacing her romantic life. So she began to explore a controversial option: conceiving a baby with donor sperm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInsightful, moving and relatable, this is an uplifting memoir about taking hold of your own future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Inspiring, challenging and often very funny, \u003c\/i\u003eInconceivable\u003ci\u003e is an important read about one woman's choice to become a parent' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE AUSTRALIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Bravely rewrites the script about how to make a famil\u003c\/i\u003ey' \u003cb\u003eGINA RUSHTON, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Most Important Job in the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eAn important story, fantastically told' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCELIA PACQUOLA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Powerful, singular story I rejoiced in reading. Finally, here is a story about a woman who has created her own happily ever after, without submitting to traditional forms of family-building. Collier writes movingly of the judgement single women face in society. Necessary, immersive read' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJESSIE TU\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A bright light in a shrouded corner of parenthood' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eASHE DAVENPORT, author of \u003ci\u003eSad Mum Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'An assured first book that walks the fine line between lightness and gravity'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A candid and heartwarming account of Collier's journey to motherhood that will stay with you long after putting it down' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBETTER READING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A vibrant story about gaining agency through motherhood that challenges the status quo of the traditional family' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNICOLA REDHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Collier is an award-winning writer who has written for theatre, screen and print. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Age, The\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. She lived in New York for a decade where her work was produced Off Broadway, including \u003ci\u003eTriplight\u003c\/i\u003e, a musical written with ARIA award-winning composer Greta Gertler Gold, and her plays \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Her play \u003ci\u003eHoly Day \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, she is a MacDowell fellow and a winner of the RE Ross Trust Playwrights Award. She lives by the bay in Melbourne with her son. This is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902347743506,"sku":"9780733648250","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23f2d889-5d3f-45b1-a189-8d27802bf681.jpg?v=1738453122","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inconceivable-heartbreak-bad-dates-and-finding-solo-motherhood-9780733648250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}