Description
Dear Unknown
Book summary
A sincere and rigorous account of the process of seeking pregnancy through egg donation. The author exposes her personal experience at age 39, breaking down intimate desires, feelings of guilt, and the legal and emotional complexities surrounding the assisted reproduction industry. This book seeks to unmask euphemisms and taboos, offering a collective dialogue so that no one has to face this journey alone, and proposes more ethical and respectful ways of approaching motherhood.
What is it about?
The work chronicles the personal journey of Júlia Bertran when, at 39, she faces the need to resort to egg donation to try to become pregnant. Through a first-person narrative, the author interweaves her deepest desires with the violence imposed by an often insensitive market. The book not only documents her clinical and emotional experience, but also analyzes the insensitive laws and euphemisms that hide the reality of assisted reproduction. It is an attempt to build a collective dialogue that allows other people not to feel forced to face this process in solitude, seeking more ethical and respectful ways of experiencing motherhood.
Main themes
- Personal experience of the egg donation and assisted reproduction process.
- Critical analysis of the fertility industry and its commercial practices.
- Feelings of guilt, desire, and motherhood in adulthood.
- Legislation and public policies regarding assisted reproduction.
- Construction of a collective dialogue to break the taboo and loneliness surrounding these processes.
Who is it recommended for?
For women who are considering or going through an assisted reproduction process, especially those facing egg donation. Also for health professionals, psychologists, and social workers who support people in these processes. It is also of interest to readers interested in literary essays that address motherhood, feminism, and the ethical implications of the reproductive industry.
What this book contributes
- An honest, euphemism-free vision of the real experience of assisted reproduction.
- Tools to understand the legal and emotional complexities of the process.
- A testimony that helps break the taboo and the feeling of loneliness surrounding fertility.
- A critical reflection on the ethics of the assisted reproduction market.
- A narrative that invites the construction of a collective and more human view of motherhood.
Technical specifications
- Author: BERTRAN LAFUENTE, JULIA
- Publisher: LIBROS DEL K.O, S.L.L
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: LITERARY ESSAYS, FEMINISM AND FEMINIST THEORY, REPRODUCTION, HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, INFERTILITY AND FERTILIZATION, FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS, PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND BABY CARE
- Collection: NON-FICTION
- Publication date: October 2024
- Number of pages: 188
- Weight: 290 g
Editorial review
Dear Unknown presents itself as a necessary work within contemporary essays on motherhood and assisted reproduction. The author manages to combine the honesty of a personal testimony with a rigorous analysis of the legal and commercial structures surrounding fertility. Her critical approach and her desire to open a collective dialogue make it a valuable read for those seeking to understand the complexities of this process from an intimate and social perspective. It is a book that directly addresses its target audience, offering both comfort and tools for reflection.