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The Long Answer
A young woman gathers intimate stories about pregnancy, motherhood, and the nature of female relationships, in this profound and provocative novel
A young woman gathers intimate stories about pregnancy, motherhood, and the nature of female relationships, in this profound and provocative novel
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The Long Answer is a triumph of human portraiture, as subtle as it is seething – Sunday Times
"There were other women, how many other women, who had felt and wanted what I'd felt and wanted and felt and wanted differently too. Anywhere I've been and will go next, there they will be."
Twelve weeks pregnant for the first time, Anna speaks to her sister on the other side of the country and learns she has just miscarried her second child. As this loss strains their bond, and complications with Anna's own pregnancy emerge, her tenuous steps towards motherhood are shadowed and illuminated by the women she meets along the way, whose stories of the babies they have had, or longed for, or lost, crowd in.
The Long Answer is a stunning novel of secrets kept and secrets shared. Deeply empathetic and hugely absorbing, it unravels the intimate dynamics of female friendship, sisterhood, motherhood and grief, and the ways in which women are bound together and pulled apart by their shared and contrasting experiences of pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage and infertility.
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Anna Hogeland's debut explores the nuanced experiences of motherhood, pregnancy, and loss, focusing on the complex choices women face and the resilience they demonstrate. Critics admire its empathetic narrative, blending personal insights with fictional storytelling. Themes of motherhood, grief, and female relationships are expertly woven, offering a profound meditation on these universal experiences.
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ISBN: 9781800814738
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 May 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Anna Hogeland is a psychotherapist in private practice, with an MSW from Smith College School of Social Work and an MFA from UC Irvine. She lives in Vermont.
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