OurShelves with Susan Spindler

<p><strong>Would you become a surrogate mother?</strong></p><br><p>Publishing her first novel over the age of fifty, Susan Spindler writes brilliantly about post-menopausal life in her thriller<em> </em><strong><em>Surrogate</em></strong>. Join her and Lucy Scholes as they discuss why older women are forced to emulate fertility or risk being called a ‘hag’ and to hear them talk about mothers in recent literature – from joyful physical intimacy to inherited trauma and the curious cases of women addicted to pregnancy.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>