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y separately published work icon The Mothers single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 The Mothers
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'Grace and Dan Arden are in their forties and have been on the IVF treadmill since the day they got married. Six attempts have yielded no results and with each failure a little piece of their hope dies. Indian-Australian Priya Laghari and her husband Nick Archer are being treated at the same fertility clinic and while the younger couple doesn't face the same time pressure as the Ardens, the Archers have their own problems. Priya suspects Nick is cheating and when she discovers a dating app on his phone her worst fears are confirmed.

'Priya leaves Nick and goes through an IVF cycle with donor sperm. On the day of her appointment, Grace and Dan also go in for their final, last-chance embryo transfer. Two weeks later the women both get their results: Grace is pregnant. Priya is not. A year later, angry and heart-broken, Priya learns her embryo was implanted in another woman's uterus and must make a choice: live a childless life knowing her son is being raised by strangers or seek custody of a baby that has been nurtured and loved by another couple.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • In 2020, the North American rights were sold to William Morrow - and optioned for television by producers Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne of Goalpost Television. In August 2020, it was announced that Pip Karmel would be scripting the adaptation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2020 .
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      Extent: 384p.
      Reprinted: 29 Nov 2022
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2020.
      ISBN: 9781760875329
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      William Morrow ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 384p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 11 May 2021.
      ISBN: 9780063042063, 0063042061

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.
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