{"product_id":"flesh-blood-reflections-on-infertility-family-and-creating-a-bountiful-life-a-memoir-9781643750705","title":"Flesh \u0026 Blood: Reflections on Infertility, Family, and Creating a Bountiful Life: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eHonest, warm, and witty, this memoir reads like a chat with a dear friend sharing her insight and her vulnerabilities and taking us along as she heals. Complete with family stories over cocktails and a new friend named Claude, who happens to be a praying mantis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I drive and say to myself, if I \u003ci\u003eam \u003c\/i\u003edying, if this is how I die, then this is how I die.\" When N. West Moss finds herself bleeding uncontrollably in the middle of a writing class, she drives herself to the hospital. Doctors are baffled, but eventually a diagnosis--hemangioma--is determined and a hysterectomy is scheduled. We follow Moss through her surgery, complications, and recovery as her thoughts turn to her previous struggles with infertility, to grief and healing, to what it means to leave a legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moss's wise, droll voice and limitless curiosity lift this beautiful memoir beyond any narrow focus. Among her interests: yellow fever, good cocktails, the history of New Orleans, and, always, the natural world, including the praying mantis in her sunroom whom she names Claude. And we learn about the inspiring women in Moss's family--her mother, her grandmother, and her great-grandmother--as she sorts out her feeling that this line will end with her. But Moss discovers that there are other ways besides having children to make a mark, and that grief is not a stopping place but a companion that travels along with us through everything, even happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With public figures like Chrissy Teigen and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaking out about infertility recently, women are eager for voices that acknowledge their struggles. Fans of Lena Dunham, Leslie Jamison, and Jenny Lawson--along with readers of medical memoirs like \u003ci\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Hour\u003c\/i\u003e--will find that connection in Moss's \u003ci\u003eFlesh \u0026amp; Blood\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moss, N. West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643750705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.17h x 5.12w x 1.02d","brand":"N. West Moss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39573087649867,"sku":"9781643750705","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_8174ad60-6762-46b0-b9ec-af3046563df0.jpg?v=1637602672","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/flesh-blood-reflections-on-infertility-family-and-creating-a-bountiful-life-a-memoir-9781643750705","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}