Conceiving a Life is the uncensored visual memoir of my journey from the first insemination to the birth of my son Hunter, 21 months later. Throughout this period I kept a visual journal that complemented a daily writing practice. The images express the feelings that defy words: bold pleas with God for a baby; questions of sanity, sexuality, wholeness; the fragmented self lurching forward into the unknown.
Conceiving a Life is an inspirational story of how one woman changed the course of her life, just in the nick of time, by overcoming emotional, spiritual and physical obstacles. Readers will identify with the author’s struggle to understand her history and learn to hold on to her dreams, in spite of the odds, the freely given advice and conventional wisdom. This is a success story that doesn’t shy away from depths of emotion, but rather lays open to the reader the process of conceiving a life after divorce and disappointment, after dead-ends and bad choices. Not just for women seeking pregnancy or recently divorced, this poignant and rich chronicle gives voice to anyone who has ever struggled to take charge of their own lives, had a dream they had to follow even if all hell breaks loose as a result or has been lost in the quagmire of emotional limbo and yet knew that somehow, somewhere, there was a way out. To read an excerpt click here. |