Faulks, Sebastian

Summary: When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before. Through a series of IVF treatments, which they hope to keep secret, they propose an experiment that will upend the human race as we know...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hutchinson Heinemann 2023

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Summary: An inquisitive young black woman discovers her biological father is an anonymous sperm-bank donor, a white used-car salesman whose cornball commercials blanket cable TV.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1998

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Bostwick, Marie

Summary: Every child prodigy grows up eventually. For the Promise sisters, escaping their mother's narcissism and the notoriety that came with her bestselling book hasn't been easy. Minerva Promise claimed that her three test-tube daughters--gifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Avery--were engineered and molded to be geniuses. In adulthood, their modest lives fall far short of her grand...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Quilter, Jenni

Summary: "A provocative examination of reproductive technologies that questions our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and the female body Since the world's first test-tube baby was born in 1978, in vitro fertilization has made the unimaginable possible for millions of people. Yet today, the revolutionary potential of babies in bottles remains unrealized. Fertility centers continue to reinforce...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022

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Summary: Scientists and scholars recount the history of in vitro fertilization. Focuses on the pioneering work of Landrum Shettles.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

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Brockes, Emma

Summary: "From the author of She Left Me The Gun, an explosive and hilarious memoir about the exceptional and life-changing decision to conceive a child on one's own via assisted reproduction. When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant, she quickly realizes that, being single, 37, and in the early stages of a same-sex relationship, she's going to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2018

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Lampert, Natalie

Summary: "A fascinating investigation into the lucrative, minimally regulated, fast-growing industry of egg freezing, from a young reporter on a personal journey into the world of cutting-edge reproductive medicine"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2024

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Valentine, Danielle

Summary: "The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens - while the men in her life refuse to believe a word she says. Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie actress with a grueling IVF journey, she starts...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2023

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Boggs, William Morris

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wilrose Books 2001

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Korelitz, Jean Hanff

Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot, Jean Hanff Korelitzs The Latecomer is a layered and immersive literary novel about three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth. The Latecomer follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and Johanna,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Huhman, Heather R.

Summary: "This indispensable, comprehensive, and accessible reference book to infertility provides people with the tools they need to be their own best advocates as they navigate fertility treatments and highs and lows of their infertility journey. Author Heather Huhman guides readers through every stage of the process-from knowing when to seek medical advice to parenting after infertility, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2023

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Sher, Geoffrey

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1995

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