{"product_id":"trying-a-memoir-by-chloe-caldwell","title":"Trying: A Memoir by Chloé Caldwell","description":"\u003cb\u003eEveryone loves a story about people who beat the odds. But what about those who didn't?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years she spent hoping to conceive a child with her husband, Chloé Caldwell consumed everything she could find on infertility. No matter the book or reddit forum, her experiences seemed absent amid stories of IVF and miracle babies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBouncing between her job at a boutique selling 'life-changing pants' and the fertility clinic offering 'innovative ways to create your family', Caldwell ignored the sense that something else in her life was wrong – until she extracted a confession from her husband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this candid and intimate memoir, Caldwell confronts the irresolution and uncertainty of those denied their deepest desire to become a mother and discovers how, even in the depths of grief, new pleasures and possibilities can be found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as an account of trying to create life becomes a bold and brave journey to rebuild one's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once hilarious and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eTrying\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how, even when life blows up, sometimes it's only the beginning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, wise and uplifting... You will pick up this book and fly through its pages' - \u003cb\u003e\n  \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eTrying\u003c\/i\u003e moved me and consumed me; it's a great gutting swirl of grief and freedom and vitality. A searing whispered vision. I am grateful for it' - \u003cb\u003eLeslie Jamison, author of \u003ci\u003e Another Kind of Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Caldwell describes desire like no one else... Every sentence is intimate and stunning' - \u003cb\u003eJill Louise Busby, author of \u003ci\u003eUnfollow Essays on Complicity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The queen of irreverence and confessionalism... Caldwell gives readers a wide-eyed look at her life in a time of great uncertainty. With tenderness, humility, curiosity and familiarity that readers have come to expect from Caldwell, her latest memoir is a touching and liberating look into identity, fertility and becoming' - \u003cb\u003e\n  \u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Confessional writing at its best' - \u003cb\u003e\n  \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Caldwell's compact and wide-ranging musings are wry surprising and fresh' - \u003cb\u003eAmy Fusselman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Means\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In \u003ci\u003eTrying\u003c\/i\u003e, Caldwell shows – in the most hilarious, heartbreaking ways – how our culture drives women batshit crazy and then pretends this insanity is healthy adulthood. What a relief to watch a woman become truly wild, free, spontaneous, slutty, unapologetic, fully alive' - \u003cb\u003eHannah Tennant-Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eWreck and Order\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'When I finished reading the book, I began it again. I found pleasure in the limbo, in the between. I wanted to be in Caldwell's language forever' - \u003cb\u003eLA Warman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fearless ode to unrequited desire' - \u003cb\u003eSteve Almond, author of \u003ci\u003eTruth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intimate, engaging memoir' - \u003cb\u003e\n  \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of Kirsty Logan’s \u003ci\u003eThe Unfamiliar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e by Maggie Nelson and \u003ci\u003eUntamed \u003c\/i\u003eby Glennon Doyle.","brand":"Literary Cat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52885874671880,"sku":"9780857309365","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/7688\/0392\/files\/9780857309365.jpg?v=1764342772","url":"https:\/\/literarycatbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/trying-a-memoir-by-chloe-caldwell","provider":"Literary Cat Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}