Strange Bodies - A Father’s Story of Pregnancy and Loss

A deeply moving love letter from an artist to his wife as they struggle with the loss of multiple pregnancies, exploring how powerful bonds transform as lovers become family.

About the author

Tom de Freston is a visual artist based in Oxford, and the author of Wreck: A Story of Art and Survival (Granta 2021). Among various fellowships and residencies he has held a Leverhulme residency at Cambridge University, a Levy Plumb Residency at Christ's College and the inaugural Creative Fellowship at Birmingham University. His work is regularly exhibited, and is represented in numerous public and private collections. With his wife, the writer Kiran Millwood Hargrave, he is the co-creator of Orpheus and Eurydice and Julia and the Shark, winner of the Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year.

Product details

• Authors: Tom de Freston
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2025
• EAN: 9781783789917
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-991-7
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth, ART / History / General, Memoirs, Coping with death & bereavement, PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss, Psychology: emotions, History of Art, Pregnancy, birth & baby care, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs