Loved and Wanted - A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood

A harrowing account of one woman's reckoning with life, death and choice. For readers of Educated, Hillbilly Elegy and Three Women.

About the author

Christa Parravani is the bestselling author of Her: A Memoir. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, The New York Times, Marie Claire, Glamour, The Washington Post, The London Times, The Daily Mail, and The Guardian, among other places. Parravani has received fellowships from MacDowell and Yaddo. She is assistant professor of Creative Writing at West Virginia University and lives in Pittsburgh, PA.

Summary

A harrowing account of one woman's reckoning with life, death and choice. For readers of Educated, Hillbilly Elegy and Three Women.

Foreword

'Haunting, wild, and quiet at once. A shimmering look at motherhood, in all gothic pain and glory. I could not stop reading.' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women

Product details

• Authors: Christa Parravani
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781786580542
• ISBN: 978-1-78658-054-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 222 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 346 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography & True Stories, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood, True stories: general, Women’s health, Parenting: advice and issues, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, True stories of discovery, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control, Medical and healthcare law, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs