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Eleven hours / by Pamela Erens.
Eleven Hours is the story of two soon-to-be mothers who, in the midst of a difficult labor, are forced to reckon with their pasts and re-create their futures. Lore must disentangle herself from a love triangle; Franckline must move beyond past traumas to accept the life that's waiting for her. Pamela Erens moves seamlessly between their begrudging partnership and the memories evoked by so intense an experience: for Lore, of the father of her child and her former best friend; for Franckline, of the family in Haiti from which she's exiled. At turns urgent and lyrical, Erens's novel is a visceral portrait of childbirth, and a vivid rendering of the way we approach motherhood₇with fear and joy, anguish and awe.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781941040294
- ISBN: 1941040292
- Physical Description: 165 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: Portland : Tin House Books, 2016.
- Distributor: New York, New York : Distributed to the trade by W.W. Norton and Company, 2016.
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| Subject: | Childbirth > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Motherhood > Psychological aspects > Fiction. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Cambridge City PL - Cambridge City | F Ere (Text) | 76893000261020 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Shelby Co PL - Shelbyville Main Library | F ERE (Text) | 78731000493626 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Spencer Co PL - Rockport Main Library | FIC ERE (Text) | 70741000139738 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| West Lafayette PL - West Lafayette | FIC ERE (Text) | 31951004107683 | Main Floor - Fiction | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
A young woman named Lore arrives at a hospital ready to go into labor, the nurse that assists her, Franckline, is pregnant herself and during Lore's labor the two women reckon with their pasts and re-create their futures. - Baker & Taylor
An intimate exploration of the physical and mental challenges of childbirth by the award-winning author of The Virgins follows the experiences of a lone, laboring woman who reflects on her past and insists on no assistance in spite of excruciating pain, and the heavily pregnant maternity nurse who struggles to care for her. Original. - WW Norton
From the critically acclaimed author of The Virgins, Eleven Hours is an intimate exploration of the physical and mental challenges of childbirth, told with unremitting suspense and astonishing beauty.
