Heloise Press What Concerns Us

Rahel and Fenna grew up in an all-female household with their mother and her female partner.Now Rahel strives to reproduce the traditional family unit but she is haunted by an unsettling pregnancy, postnatal depression and compulsive breastfeeding, while having mixed feelings about her singing career.Meanwhile, Fenna wonders whether she consented to the intercourse with Luc which left her pregnant.What Concerns Us is a punchy contemporary read that scrutinises gender roles within our society, examining what it means to be a mother and the nature of femininity, as well as how to remain independent in a variety of different types of relationship.