What Concerns Us by Laura Vogt
Rahel and Fenna grew up in an all-female household with their mother and her female partner. Now Rahel strives to reproduce the traditional family unit but she is haunted by an unsettling pregnancy, postnatal depression and compulsive breastfeeding, while having mixed feelings about her singing career. Meanwhile, Fenna wonders whether she consented to the intercourse with Luc which left her pregnant. What Concerns Us is a punchy contemporary read that scrutinises gender roles within our society, examining what it means to be a mother and the nature of femininity, as well as how to remain independent in a variety of different types of relationship.
'A beautiful examination of female interiorityVogt is not afraid to ask difficult questions. In what ways does motherhood bring us to our limits? What are the consequences of believing a child doesn’t need a father? ' Elizabeth McNeill, Chicago Review of Books
Laura Vogt (Teufen, 1989) studied cultural studies and literary writing. Her debut novel, So einfach war es also zu gehen was published in 2016, and featured at the Solothurn Literature Days and PROSOMOVA. In addition to prose, she also writes poetry, plays, and journalistic texts. She lives with her family in eastern Switzerland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781739751517 |
| ISBN 10 | 1739751515 |
| Title | What Concerns Us |
| Author | Laura Vogt |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Heloise Press |
| Year published | 2022-08-16 |
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