No One Talks About This Stuff: Twenty-Two Stories of Almost Parenthood

2024

by Kat Brown

No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents. It's a place to share their journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure, and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet.

We hear from a stepmother who wrestles with infertility. A husband and wife each tell their experience of losing their baby. A lesbian comes of age at a time when gay people rarely become parents. A father finds loss to be his unlikely superpower. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder impacts a person’s choices about having a family. A black woman unpacks ancestral shame while finding renewed purpose.

And each person shares how they lived through it. This captivatingly beautiful, profound, and honest anthology opens a much-needed conversation about society, family, and honoring the missing children we will never forget.

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