Motherhood

Name: Motherhood
ISBN: 9781627790772

by Sheila Heti

Scotiabank Giller · 2018 · Shortlist

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Henry HoltMay 1, 2018Literary FictionISBN 9781627790772

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Scotiabank Giller Prize	2018	Shortlist

About This Book

An autofictional novel in which the narrator deliberates obsessively over whether to have a child, consulting the I Ching and her own shifting feelings. Giller Prize finalist.

About the Author

Sheila HetiCA

Sheila Heti is a Canadian author and editor whose work blurs the boundaries between fiction, autofiction, and philosophy. Her novel Pure Colour (2022) won the Governor General's Literary Award for English-language fiction. The novel is a metaphysical meditation on grief, colour, and what it means to be a soul moving through the world — structured as a creation myth in which God is an artist making a rough draft of existence. Read more →