"It's refreshing to read about motherhood as stated in its baldest, truest terms, and Tessa's struggles with the life/work balance are moving and all too real...Tessa's journey is hard to resist, and the questions raised by the prospect of shorter pregnancies--would they really empower women, or just make it mandatory for them to bear children as quickly as possible?--feel downright prescient." --The New York Times Book Review What...