Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Motherhood: A Novel
Motherhood: A Novel
Motherhood: A Novel
Audiobook5 hours

Motherhood: A Novel

Written by Sheila Heti

Narrated by Sheila Heti

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

About this audiobook

From the author of How Should a Person Be? (“one of the most talked-about books of the year”—Time Magazine) and the New York Times Bestseller Women in Clothes comes a daring audiobook about whether to have children.

In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with the candor, originality, and humor that have won Heti international acclaim and made How Should A Person Be? required reading for a generation.

In her late thirties, when her friends are asking when they will become mothers, the narrator of Heti’s intimate and urgent audiobook considers whether she will do so at all. In a narrative spanning several years, casting among the influence of her peers, partner, and her duties to her forbearers, she struggles to make a wise and moral choice. After seeking guidance from philosophy, her body, mysticism, and chance, she discovers her answer much closer to home.

Motherhood is a courageous, keenly felt, and starkly original audiobook that will surely spark lively conversations about womanhood, parenthood, and about how—and for whom—to live.

Editor's Note

Sincere examination…

A novel that reads more like a memoir, Heti’s “Motherhood” is an examination and then a cross-examination of herself, tackling the question that nags many women as their biological clocks tick down with honesty and sincerity.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 1, 2018
ISBN9781427298027
Author

Sheila Heti

Sheila Heti is the author of eleven books, including the novels Pure Colour, Motherhood, and How Should a Person Be?, which New York deemed one of the "New Classics" of the twenty-first century. She was named one of the "New Vanguard" by the New York Times book critics, who, along with a dozen other magazines and newspapers, chose Motherhood as a top book of 2018. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. She lives in Toronto.

More audiobooks from Sheila Heti

Related to Motherhood

Related audiobooks

Literary Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Motherhood

Rating: 3.9390243902439024 out of 5 stars
4/5

82 ratings4 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It was a great but and so needed for those that have not felt an innate instinct to be a mother or are unsure they ever want to be. I would love to see more discussion about this topic and books relating to childfree/childless living.

    2 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    An intense and interesting book. I could relate very well to the hesitation and indecision, as I have been struggling with that as well.

    1 person found this helpful

  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    This book isn’t meant to be read as an audiobook. Author had some key questions that made you think about the pressure of society and traditions but I was mostly confused by the manner it was written. I think I would have like this more in physical format
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fantastic, really loved the writing style and such an interesting perspective.