'Acutely empathetic, thoroughly researched, funny, irreverent and moving' Observer
'What a book!' Marianne Levy, author of Don't Forget to Scream
'I loved it' Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence
In Second Life, Hess tells her deeply personal story of a pregnancy that falls outside the fêted category of 'normal'. But this is also a story about all of us. For as she made her way through a bizarre digital world of pregnancy apps, prenatal genetic tests, gender reveal videos, rare disease Facebook groups, 'freebirth' influencers and hospital reality shows, Hess realised that ideas of eugenics, surveillance, ableism and hyper-individualism are being sold through shiny technologies to a new generation of parents.
| ISBN: | 9780349145525 |
| Publication date: | 7th May 2026 |
| Author: | Amanda Hess |
| Publisher: | Abacus an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Internet: general works |
'Acutely empathetic, thoroughly researched, funny, irreverent and moving' Observer'What a book!' Marianne Levy, author of Don't Forget to Scream'I loved it' Lucy Jones, author of Matrescence In Second Life, Hess tells her deeply personal story of a pregnancy that falls outside the fêted category of 'normal'. But this is also a story about all of us.
Second Life features in the following genres: Internet: general works
Paperback, Hardback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
Second Life was written by Amanda Hess and published by Abacus an imprint of Little, Brown
Second Life has 272 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.