01424nam a22002297a 4500 11482 IN-BhIIT 20260416093832.0 260319b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781913097660 (pbk. ) IN-BhIIT eng 863 NET/S Nettel, Guadalupe Author 27616 Still born / Guadalupe Nettel ; Translated by Rosalind Harvey. London : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020. 207 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Still Born is the story of two friends who make diametrically opposite choices in life. Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have ever built their future around the prospect of a family. Laura has taken the drastic decision to be sterilised, but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother. When Alina’s daughter survives childbirth – after a diagnosis that predicted the opposite – and Laura becomes attached to her neighbour’s son, both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions. With her signature candour and insight, Nettel explores maternal ambivalence with a surgeon’s touch, carefully dissecting the contradictions that make up the lived experiences of women. Spanish fiction 27708 Harvey, Rosalind Translator 27617 GEN 15484 15484 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS 2026-03-13 33 1124.25 0 863 NET/S 11482 2026-03-13 00:00:00 1499.00 2026-03-13 GEN