Nine Months Paperback by Paula Bomer

Product Details

• Publisher: Soho Press (2012-08-21)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781616951467
• Item Weight: 281.23 grams
• Dimensions: 20.83 x 13.97 x 1.47 cm

A bold, unapologetic first novel about a pregnant mother and wife who abandons her family in search of an identity that is hers alone. 

"Deliciously, dangerously rogue." —Marcy Dermansky, author of Bad Marie

Sonia, a young Brooklyn mother shaken by her unexpected (third) pregnancy, abandons her husband and kids and takes off on a cross-country odyssey in search of an identity separate from her family. She does everything a pregnant woman shouldn't do—engaging in casual sex and smoking weed—as she retraces her past and attempts to reclaim her sidelined career as an artist. Nine Months is a fierce, daring page-turner of a novel—a lacerating response to the culture of mommy blogs, helicopter parents and "parental correctness" as well as an unflinching look at the choices women face when trying to balance art and family.

About the Author

Paula Bomer is the author of the novels Tante Eva and Nine Months and the story collections Inside Madeleine and Baby and Other Stories, as well as the essay collection Mystery and Mortality. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including New York Magazine, LA Review of Books, BOMB, Fiction, and The Mississippi Review.