Loved and Wanted
A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood
$35.68
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2022
Summary
In the wake of Texas enacting a bill to deny abortions after 6 weeks, Loved and Wanted shines a light on motherhood and the right to choose.
In 2017, Christa Parravani had recently moved her family from California to West Virginia. Surviving on a teacher’s salary, she was already raising two young children with her husband, screenwriter Anthony Swofford. Another pregnancy, a year after giving birth to her second child, came as a shock. Christa had a history o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786580566 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178658056X |
| Author: | Christa Parravani |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Manilla Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
‘The writing is stunningly good’ - The Bookseller‘A brutally honest, rollercoaster of a journey that left me championing her bravery.’ - Esther Freud‘Christa’s writing is fearless and beautiful. Loved and Wanted is about women’s reproductive freedoms, and lack of them, but it’s also a book about motherhood, identity, marriage, home and belonging. Extraordinary, incredibly powerful, and breathtakingly honest.’ - Clover Stroud
About The Author
Christa Parravani
Christa Parravani is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed memoir Her, which shares Parravani’s journey through grief after the loss of her identical twin sister Cara. She is an Assistant Professor in Creative Non-fiction at West Virginia University.
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