They hover around the emotional core of her new book, Motherhood, an autofictional novel that follows an author’s internal debate as she decides whether she wants to get pregnant. Others have made the personal decision to step away or delay their careers, like Patti Smith, who left the music industry for 16 years to raise her family. Yet while societal expectations have evolved, motherhood is still deified (hello Beyoncé and Kate Middleton) and the emotional journey for many women remains. “It’s not as dramatic as it once was,” says Heti of the decision to not have children. By the time Heti was finished the ambitious two-year project, she was itching to return to her own writing.

Source: thestar April 27, 2018 10:30 UTC