Heart's Desire (Inscribed) | Judith Uyterlinde

Subtitle: A Woman's Longing for a Child
Author: Judith Uyterlinde
With Author's Inscription
Publisher: Double Storey (2001)
ISBN-10: 1919930302
ISBN-13: 9781919930305
Condition: Very Good. Minor wear to the bottom edges of the boards and the DJ. Else a very good copy.
Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 140
Dimensions: 20.7 x 13.5 x 1.4 cm
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by Judith Uyterlinde (With Author's Inscription)
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"I am a woman in the prime of my life, I want everything, passionate love, close friendships, exciting work, exotic trips and a child. But doesn't come easy, first of all, I simply don't fall pregnant and when I do fall pregnant then my pregnancies end in miscarriages. I try standing on my head and when that doesn't help. I try in vitro fertilization. All around me bellies are bulging offensively. Must I resign myself to my failure, must I keep going? Nothing seems to go right until a dramatic event breaks the downward spiral".

This is a warm and moving reflection by a woman on her desire to have a child. It is also a story of the love, ambitions and dilemmas of a woman of our time written in a sparkling style.