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One woman's story of swimming the Channel in search of the meaning of motherhood

About the Author

Jessica Hepburn is one of the UK's leading voices on fertility, infertility and IVF. She is the author of the book The Pursuit of Motherhood and writes and speaks widely in the press and media on the subject of assisted conception and alternative routes to parenthood. In 2016, following her ten-year tenure as executive director of the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, she founded Fertility Fest, the world's first arts festival dedicated to the science of making babies and modern families. In 2018 she was nominated as one of Amnesty International's Women of Suffragette Spirit and won the Fertility Foundation's inaugural Fertility Hero Award for her campaigning work.

www.jessicahepburn.com

Reviews

• 'Jessica inspired me to confront my "sad thing", to take on a challenge outside my comfort zone' Outdoor Swimmer
  
• `An amazing, page-turning, jaw-droppingly honest read' Mumsnet Summer Reads
  
• `It was this year's most keenly awaited fertility book, and Jessica Hepburn's 21 Miles doesn't disappoint . . . Go and buy this highly recommended book right away!' Fertility Road
• `Jessica wins over the reader with her sparkling style, yet her self-deprecating humour also belies an undertow of tremendous sadness . . . I laughed, and I cried, in equal measure' Welldoing
• `I am sure that this book will help so many people' Positive Fertility