Motherhood: A Novel

Written by Sheila Heti

Narrated by Sheila Heti

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: May 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781427298027

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.

Reviews for Motherhood

[Michelle Huyghe · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

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

[Béa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fantastic, really loved the writing style and such an interesting perspective.

[ErinNantais · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An intense and interesting book. I could relate very well to the hesitation and indecision, as I have been struggling with that as well.

[Cindy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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.