{"product_id":"small-on-motherhoods","title":"Small: On Motherhoods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBabies who are this small, he says, have a good chance of survival.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSmall is not good for babies. It is not whimsical or cute or the cause of admiration. It is the first time it occurs to us that they might not survive. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBabies die from smallness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClaire Lynch knew that having children with her wife would be complicated but she could never have anticipated the extent to which her life would be redrawn by the process. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis dazzling debut begins with the smallest of life's substances, the microscopic cells subdividing in a petri dish in a fertility treatment centre. She moves through her story in incremental yet ever growing steps, from the fingernail-sized pregnancy test result screen which bears two affirmative lines to the premature arrival of her children who have to wear scale-model oxygen masks in their life-saving incubators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDevastatingly poignant and profoundly observant - and funny against the odds - Claire considers whether it is our smallness that makes our lives so big.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Lynch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43548921987329,"sku":"9781914240058","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2025-07-15T132415.691.png?v=1752582269","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/small-on-motherhoods","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}