A Real Piece of Work Materno-fetal medicine is a metaphysical thriller

is a metaphysical thriller

an Afghan American teenager's small town is thrown into controversy and violence when her brother

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and Elijah sees all of his hopes and dreams irrevocably erased as he is swept into a whirlwind of events that threatens his very existence

Filled with his own experiences of creating poetry and speaking in public

A Real Piece of Work Materno-fetal medicine is a metaphysical thrillerAn exhilarating, thought provoking and joyful debut that asks how we create our identities and how we can transcend them. 'Language gave to me the body I knew was mine and brought into existence so many possibilities for what my gender can be.' Across these twenty fresh and boldly intimate stories, Erin Riley writes about the things that matter most family, heartbreak, humanity, justice and swimming, and the messy, hard graft of becoming one's