6/28/2023 0 Comments Novel by emma donoghue![]() “I wanted to know what people hated about parenthood and how they divided up the business of mothering,” she says. In Immaculate Conceptions: Inside a Lesbian Baby Boom, Donoghue asks her friends all the “rude” questions. Donoghue’s experience of saccharine mother-and-baby groups (“You all sit around looking like you’re on Valium”) inspired her to make a 40-minute documentary about lesbian parenting. ![]() “I’m still waiting.”īut motherhood has provided in other ways. ![]() ![]() “I was really hoping for some sudden injection of wisdom,” she quips. Motherhood has made her more focused, she says, but not smarter. “It’s really set me free to do other things, rather than just constantly coming out.” Those other things include childbirth - she and Chris are parents to four-year-old Finn and year-old Una. “I think this is one of the most civilized spots on the globe for same-sexers,” she says. Her Canadian partner, Chris, drew her here, but Donoghue has since developed a love of the country. ![]() Irish by birth, Donoghue moved to Ontario in 1998 and became a Canadian citizen in 2004. “If they stick in my mind long enough, I think, ‘Oh, I absolutely have to write about that.'” “I get hooked by real cases I come across,” she says. ![]()
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