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Der Liebhaber ohne festen Wohnsitz (Ungekürzt) by Nell Frizzell
4 reviews
jb_variant's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Glad I read/listened to it. Picked it up on a whim because it was on sale and the title seemed like a pretty good description of how turning 30 feels.
Having not thought all that much about pregnancy and fertility, it was eye opening, and interesting. The author’s description of parenthood as “the one life decision you can’t undo” and one that’s impossible to know if you’ll like without doing, are both going to stick with me.
Having not thought all that much about pregnancy and fertility, it was eye opening, and interesting. The author’s description of parenthood as “the one life decision you can’t undo” and one that’s impossible to know if you’ll like without doing, are both going to stick with me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy
camoo3032's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
I loved this book. The author explored not just the emotions and decisions around having a child but also socio-economics policies around this, how they are making it more difficult for people to have children and also how they could be improved. I think this book would be a suitable to read for any gender
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
lynleybidlake's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Pregnancy
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Infertility
yclepit's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I would say this book is less of a 'mother of all decisions', and more of a memoir reflecting on the path to securing what the author has always wanted, which is to have a child. If you are looking for some useful information about skewed fertility statistics and the inherent problems facing women who are of childbearing age, this book has some refreshing and interesting facts. Nell Frizzell is a good writer for the most part, and is on the one hand acutely aware of the pressure women face. On the other hand, she also falls prey to some of the rhetoric she debunks: despite her relatively young age (32, I think), some time is spent dwelling on ideas of panic and the sense of a ticking clock. She focusses at points on eggs falling out of her, the enforced infertility of a coil and her sense of impending doom about her own fertility. There is grounds for this - her mother had a relatively early menopause, at 40 - however the book is at points very unsettling for those who are not on the same page as Frizzell, and may find her panic in turn quite distressing. I think that this is an important book and indicates a field where much more should be written and discussed, however the execution could be problematic for those seeking support and rational answers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
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