The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News by Meghna Pant (English) Paperback Bo

Description: The Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Good News by Meghna Pant Ladoo, a 34-year-old divorcée from Rishikesh, desperately seeks a baby. After learning her eggs are drying up, she races to find a sperm donor with a matching kundali. Along the way, she questions motherhood, single parenthood, womens autonomy, and societal perceptions of scandalous actions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Thirty-four-year-old Ladoo, a simple middle-class divorc e from Rishikesh, wants only one thing from life--a baby. She eats gondh halwa, drinks badam milk, and takes folic acid, to stop her ticking biological clock and become the worlds most fertile woman. When an accidental meeting with a gynaecologist reveals that her eggs are drying up and finding a sperm donor is her last chance of having a child, Ladoo races against time to find the right baby daddy, whose kundali matches her, while addressing her own mixed feelings about whether Mr Right Donor can also be Mr Right. Along the way, Ladoo must figure out whether motherhood means marriage, whether being a single mother means loneliness, whether my body, my rules applies to women, and whether doing something scandalous is outrageous or courageous. Author Biography Meghna Pant is an award-winning author, columnist, feminist and TEDx speaker. Her books have been published to critical and commercial acclaim. Pants debut collection of short stories Happy Birthday (Random House, 2013) was long-listed for the Frank OConnor International Award 2014. One and a Half Wife (Westland, 2012)-her bestselling debut novel-won the national Muse India Young Writer Award and was shortlisted for several other awards, including the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Her latest book The Trouble with Women (Juggernaut, 2016) is considered a landmark in feminist writing and was described as the best book from Juggernaut by Hindu BusinessLine. Pant has also won the FON South Asia Short Story Award (2016) and the Bharat Nirman Award (2017) for her writing. Details ISBN0143453548 Author Meghna Pant Pages 256 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0143453548 ISBN-13 9780143453543 Format Paperback Publisher Penguin Random House India Publication Date 2021-04-15 Country of Publication India UK Release Date 2021-08-01 DEWEY FIC Audience General Imprint Penguin We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145366373;

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