by Rose Diell (Author)

It starts as bloating, a hard curvature in my gut that won't go away. I wonder if it's my period, but it isn't the right time. The cramps come slowly at first, like a rising tide, and then grow shorter and sharper, a racing heartbeat.

Praise for Fledging:

'Wildly unsettling... I really enjoyed this razor-sharp look at womanhood and potential motherhood.'

Laura Pearson, author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

'A wonderful new voice to fall in love with.'

Farrah Storr

'An original braiding of fantasy, whimsy, tortured dark nights of the soul, and slapstick...'

Merle Bombardieri, author of The Baby Decision

'Perfectly captures the conflicting feelings that accompany the decision about whether to have a child, while offering a poignant look at what is ending - and potentially beginning - for those who choose not to reproduce.'

Ruby Warrington, author of Women Without Kids

'Rose Diell gifts us with a wildly original story, a curious reproductive mystery, and a main character whose delightful and relatable voice hooked me from page one.'

Therese Shechter, director of My So-Called Selfish Life

'Fledging is a book which feels like it hatches as you read it: smart, surprising and wonderfully thought-provoking. Like a bizarre, brilliant cross of Featherhood and Grief is the Thing with Feathers.'

Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg

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