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Julia Leigh's debut novel, The Hunter, was published around the world and won numerous awards, including a Betty Trask Award and the 2001 Prix de l'Astrolabe. It was also selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her second novel, Disquiet, won the Encore Award. Her film Sleeping Beauty was officially selected for the Festival de Cannes in 2011.
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“It is one of the first intelligent, personal accounts of the daily business of IVF, and as such will surely be a useful (albeit rather demoralising) resource for other women. She describes the grueling rounds of injections, blood tests and scans, and the bloating and physical depletion that result. However, it’s a book that rightly has wider ambitions, because these insistent, lengthy attempts to become pregnant raise more elemental questions about what it means to desire a child.”
- The Guardian
“With searing intelligence and unflinching emotional clarity, Julia Leigh lays bare the exacting nature of desire. Avalanche is consummately ravishing.”
- Tracy K. Smith, author of Ordinary Light
“An astonishing and unfliching personal account of an IVF journey--fiece, touching and redemptive.”
- Jane Campion
“Julia Leigh writes beautifully and honestly and has a rare gift for bringing the reading along as if a trusted friend. Her stories of love and loss, friendship and sorrow make Avalanche entirely relatable.”
- Amy Richard, author of Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
“Leigh's a star and this account of IVF has all her brilliant luminosity.”
- Chloe Hooper, author of and The Engagement
“Deeply personal, insightful and raw―Julia Leigh's story of her desire for a baby is beautifully told. I didn't want to put this brave book down for a second.”
- Sofie Laguna, author of The Eye of the Sheep
- The Guardian
“With searing intelligence and unflinching emotional clarity, Julia Leigh lays bare the exacting nature of desire. Avalanche is consummately ravishing.”
- Tracy K. Smith, author of Ordinary Light
“An astonishing and unfliching personal account of an IVF journey--fiece, touching and redemptive.”
- Jane Campion
“Julia Leigh writes beautifully and honestly and has a rare gift for bringing the reading along as if a trusted friend. Her stories of love and loss, friendship and sorrow make Avalanche entirely relatable.”
- Amy Richard, author of Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
“Leigh's a star and this account of IVF has all her brilliant luminosity.”
- Chloe Hooper, author of and The Engagement
“Deeply personal, insightful and raw―Julia Leigh's story of her desire for a baby is beautifully told. I didn't want to put this brave book down for a second.”
- Sofie Laguna, author of The Eye of the Sheep
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- Publication date1963
- ISBN 10 057133329X
- ISBN 13 9780571333295
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