The Umbilical Word

by Darren Groth, David Reiter (Editor)

After a series of miscarriages, Adam and Maddy manage to get pregnant. To 'personify and self-actualise' his fatherhood, Adam decides to email their unborn child. To his surprise, "B" gets his message at womb@almighty.com and replies. Then, in Week 29, "B" stops corresponding. What's happened? Brace yourself for the unexpected!

218 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Darren Groth is a Vancouver author and citizen of Canada, having moved from his native Australia in 2007. His novels include 'Kindling', 'Boy in the Blue Hammock' and the acclaimed YA works, 'Are You Seeing Me?' and 'Munro vs. the Coyote'. His new memoir, 'Marooned: A Memoir of Fandom, Fatherhood and the Far Side of the World', is out now.

Darren has been a winner in the South Australian Literary Awards and a finalist in numerous other prestigious prizes including the Governor General's Literary Awards (Canada), the OLA White Pine Award (Canada). the CBCA Book of the Year (Australia), and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australia).

For fun, he watches 'American Ninja Warrior' with his beautiful Canadian wife and eats Fatburger with his wondrous twins.

Reviews

[Joshua Donellan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was published by the same publishing house as my novel A Beginner's Guide to Dying in India. It was funny, poignant and strange. I don't have kids so I think I couldn't connect with it in the same way a parent would. But I am fairly certain that if you have been through the trials and tribulations of pregnancy this book would really be something special.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very raw and funny book on the trials of pregnancy. I will expand on this later as I have made some notes on it

[Sandel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, I loved the book. But you have the title wrong, it's 'The Umbilical Word' not World!