MY MISERABLE, LONELY, LESBIAN PREGNANCY

by Andrea Askowitz

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New softcover book published 2008, 241 pages

Andrea Askowitz has the best life in the world. She's pregnant and healthy. She has friends and family who love her. She has money and meaningful work. And all she can do is obsess about the one thing she doesn't have: Kate, her ex-girlfriend.

My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy is a funny, whiny, all-too-real account of one girl's true adventure in maternity. From finding a great donor who turns out to be shooting blanks ("I was a lesbian with male fertility problems,") through all-day morning sickness and graduation into "fat-girl underwear," Andrea's life reads like an antidote to sugar-sweet pregnancy guides and memoirs. In week 8, her sense of smell becomes so strong that she can tell what deodorant people are wearing. In week 28, she plans a pity party, complete with black-only dress code and a violin player: "It isn't an attempt to make fun of myself, because that would be too joyous."

Irreverent and whip-smart, My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy is potent therapy for ill-timed break-ups, leg cramps, constipation, and every other downside to a dream come true.

About the author

Andrea Askowitz was born and grew up in Miami Florida. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree from The George Washington University and she spent several years after college trying to save the world as an environmental advocate and civil rights organizer. Her last real job was directing Bike Out, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of queer youth through mountain biking expeditions. 

Andrea is now a full time mom and writer and an occasional adjunct professor of creative nonfiction at Florida International University. She lives in Miami with her partner, Victoria, her daughter Tashi, Victoria's son, Sebastian and their dog Beast. For more information about Andrea, visit her website - click here

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My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy - Andrea Askowitz