"Over the years that Chloé Caldwell had been married and hoping to conceive a child, she'd read everything she could find on infertility. But no memoir or message board reflected her experience; for one thing, most stories ended with in vitro fertilization, a baby, or both. She wanted to offer something different.
Caldwell began a book. She imagined a selective journal about her experience coping with stasis and uncertainty. Is it time to quit coffee, find a new acupuncturist, get another blood test?
Her questions extended to her job at a clothing boutique and to her teaching and writing practice. Why do people love equating publishing books with giving birth? What is the right amount of money to spend on pants or fertility treatments?
How much trying is enough? She ignored the sense that something else in her life was wrong that was not on the page . . . until she extracted a confession from her husband. Broken by betrayal but freed fr
| ISBN: | 9781644453476 |
| Publication date: | 5th August 2025 |
| Author: | Chloe Caldwell |
| Publisher: | Graywolf Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Genres: |
Anthologies: general Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics |
"Over the years that Chloé Caldwell had been married and hoping to conceive a child, she'd read everything she could find on infertility. But no memoir or message board reflected her experience; for one thing, most stories ended with in vitro fertilization, a baby, or both.
Trying features in the following genres: Anthologies: general, Coping with / advice about personal, social and health topics
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Trying was written by Chloe Caldwell and published by Graywolf Press