Still Born

Still Born, Guadalupe Nettels fourth novel, explores one of lifes most consequential decisions whether or not to have children with her signature charm and intelligence. Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. Laura has taken the drastic decision to be sterilized, but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother. When complications arise in Alinas pregnancy and Laura becomes attached to her neighbours son, both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions. In prose that is as gripping as it is insightful, Still Born explores maternal ambivalence with a surgeons touch, carefully dissecting the contradictions that make up the lived experiences of women.