Motherhood

The key decision of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - is considered over the course of a number of years and many different kinds of influence, straddling features of the novel and the essay.

Sheila Heti is the author of ten books, including the novels Pure Colour, Motherhood and How Should a Person Be?, which New York magazine deemed one of the 'New Classics' of the twenty-first century and which was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her novels have been translated into twenty-four languages. She lives in Toronto and Kawartha Lakes, Ontario.