THE SEED

"The Seed" plants in readers the desire for a world where no woman is made to feel that her biology is her destiny.

In pop culture as much as in policy advocacy, the feminist movement has historically left infertile women out in the cold. This book traverses the chilly landscape of the particular grief that accompanies the longing to make a family. Braiding together feminist history, memoir, and reporting from the front lines of the battle for reproductive rights, Kimball marries perceptive analysis with deep reportage.

Alexandra Kimball is a writer and editor in Toronto, and has received seven National Magazine Award nominations.