Infertility Fiction

In the face of unexpected challenges, Madison's dreams of starting a family are shattered. Determined to explore all options, she and her husband, Eric, navigate a rollercoaster of disappointments and heartbreak as they consider surrogacy and adoption. But when Madison's self-doubt threatens their relationship, she makes a difficult decision to set Eric free, believing he deserves a chance at a "normal" family. With the help of her family and self-discovery, Madison realizes that trust and love can endure even the toughest trials. Just when she's given up hope, a surprise opportunity arises...

The international sensation that illuminates the experiences women are supposed to hide - from addiction, anger, sexual assault, and infertility to joy, sensuality, and love. In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks to the events that have marked her life - those emotional disruptions for which our society has no adequate language, at once bittersweet, clandestine, and ordinary. She writes with radical honesty on the unspeakable grief of infertility, on caring for an alcoholic parent, on taboos around female bodies and female pain, on sexual violence and violence against the self.

Nonso, Remi, Aisha and Solape forge an unbreakable bond at a Nigerian boarding school, where we meet them for the first time in the middle of a riot. The uprising triggers a chain of unforeseen events, forever altering their lives. Through a set of interlocking stories—traversing seamlessly through different voices between Nigeria and the US—Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions provides a window into the past, present and future for a generation of Nigerian women.

A candid, ultimately buoyant debut story collection about the realities of the "baby years", whether you're having one or not.

After a passionate reunion, Penny Parker has a second chance with the love of her life, Ian Pratchett. But the problems that caused their breakup haven't disappeared overnight. Nor have the objections of their friends and families. The thrill of a new beginning and an exhilarating secret bring Penny and Ian closer than ever, but when outside forces and personal disappointments threaten their fresh start, Penny must learn how to reach the guarded heart of the man she loves...before their happy ending drifts away.

After receiving the news that in vitro would be her only hope for biological children, award-winning poet Emily Adams had to learn to live in a new world of needles, embarrassing tests, long waiting periods, and expensive doctor appointments.

Charlotte Goodwin looks directly at the camera and reveals a chilling truth to the thousands watching her Instagram Live broadcast. She has killed her ex-boyfriend's new partner in cold blood. But she is not finished yet. With bloodied hands, she takes a calm sip of tea before continuing. The viewers must now vote to decide whether he should live or die. The public display sends shockwaves rippling through the online community and the numbers of viewers skyrockets. But as Lincoln's past is revealed, how will he be judged?

Kiss Tomorrow Hello brings together the experiences and reflections of women as they embark on a new stage of life. The 25 stellar writers gathered here explore a wide range of concerns, including keeping love and sex alive, discovering family secrets, negotiating the demands of illness and infertility, letting children go, making peace with parents, and contemplating plastic surgery. The tales are true, the confessions candid, and the humor infectious.

Woven Dreams: A Quilt for the Baby She Never Had is a deeply moving novel that weaves together grief, healing, and hope through the tender art of quilting. Malia always dreamed of wrapping a child in the warmth of a handmade quilt—stitched with love, embroidered with lullabies, and bordered with dreams. But after years of infertility, she’s left with a heart full of thread and nowhere to place her stitches. In search of meaning, Malia begins piecing together a memory quilt—not for the baby she never had, but for the life she must now rebuild. Along the way, she discovers unexpected ...

Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries to keep her small brood of four chickens alive despite the seemingly endless challenges that caring for another creature entails. From the freezing nights of a brutal winter to a sweltering summer which brings a surprise tornado, she battles predators, bad luck and the uncertainty of a future that may not look anything like the one she always imagined.

All Amaya wants for Christmas is her own bouncing bundle of joy. In the midst of a lengthy battle with infertility, Amaya awakens one winter morning to find an abandoned baby on her doorstep. Just when she thinks the baby is a hidden blessing and answer to her prayer, Amaya will discover that the child's true identity unveils many hidden secrets.

With a sense of fun and whimsy, this book honestly explores the pain, frustration, and occasional joy of the all-too-common struggle of infertility. It is relatable and cathartic to those who are going through, or have gone through, the process. And it is accessible to their friends and family who haven't but want to understand.

Back at college in the '70s, they called themselves "The Madison Seven"--a circle inseparably linked by trust, loyalty and love. Then one night, years later, they gathered at Julia Mallet's Manhattan apartment for a "Come-As-You-Were Party" and decided to play a game.

When two strangers, Tess and Annie, undergo IVF at an American clinic, their embryos are mixed up, and each woman gives birth to the wrong child. The women only discover the devastating error three years later. Tess wants to swap the children back; Annie doesn't. As the pair wrangle, neither of them expects what unfolds. Two women. Two children. One thought-provoking novel.