Publisher Review

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 '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 'With an original braiding of fantasy, whimsy, tortured dark nights of the soul, and slapstick... Diell is especially good at conveying Lia's loneliness: her partner is on a different continent, her friends are all getting pregnant... Paradoxically Diell overcomes readers' loneliness by drawing them into her worldwide circle of readers.' -- Merle Bombardieri, author of The Baby Decision 'A wonderful new voice to fall in love with.' -- Farrah Storr 'This book is so clever and careful with how it explores women's bodies, the choice of motherhood, and how a need to create does not always equal a need to procreate. A stunning, spectacular, very thoughtful novella...' * The Debut Digest * 'Wildly unsettling... I really enjoyed this razor-sharp look at womanhood and potential motherhood.' -- Laura Pearson, author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont 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