Still Born

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Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties,n neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family.n Laura has taken the drastic decision to be sterilised,n but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother.n   When complications arise in Alina’s pregnancy and Laura becomes attached to her neighbour’s son,n both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions,n in Nettel’s sensitive and surgically precise exploration of maternal ambivalence.n Still Born was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023,n announced on April 18, 2023.n In prose that is as absorbing as it is insightful,n Guadalupe Nettel delves into maternal ambivalence with a surgeon’s touch,n carefully dissecting the

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