Eleven Hours

A fierce and fearless novel of complicated pasts, uncertain futures and of the organic, bloody beauty of childbirth and motherhood.

About the author

Pamela Erens' short fiction, reviews and essays have appeared in a wide variety of literary, cultural, and mainstream publications, including the New York Times, Vogue, Elle, Salon, Tin House, Boston Review, and New England Review. For many years Pamela was an editor at Glamour magazine.

Summary

'An immensely powerful, cannot-look-away novel of heart and bone and muscle and blood. The war novel has a rival... and it is breath-taking.' The Herald

Lore arrives at the hospital alone: no husband, no partner, no friends. She is in labour. Franckline, a nurse in the maternity ward, herself newly pregnant, is assigned to her care. Over the spiralling course of eleven hours, the women are thrown together into a fierce, physical intimacy, and they begin to force one another to reckon with their pasts and their futures. Lore must disentangle herself from a love triangle; Franckline must move beyond deep traumas; both must prepare themselves for the fear, joy, anguish and awe of motherhood.

Foreword

A fierce and fearless novel of complicated pasts, uncertain futures and of the organic, bloody beauty of childbirth and motherhood.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Erens, Erens Pamela
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2017
• EAN: 9781782399810
• ISBN: 978-1-78239-981-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 170 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth, Women's health, Pregnancy, birth & baby care, Relating to African American people, Modern and contemporary fiction, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION / African American / Women, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues