A review by imrereads
The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Malcolm Belc
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
[This book was gifted to me by Counter Point Press]
This is quite the emotional story. It follows Belc, a trans masculine nonbinary person, who carries one of his own children. Belc takes us through his life, relationships, pregnancy and journey as a parents in a very vulnurable way. It's told in a very fragmented way, and we move around in time a lot. Often he writes directly to "you", but who "you" is seems to change. This took me a while to get used to, but I also found it to be so effective.
I'm grateful to Belc for sharing his story so openly. It's rare to see stories of trans people going through pregnancy. I loved seeing how he found himself through this journey and in parenthood. Absolutely wonderful.
This is quite the emotional story. It follows Belc, a trans masculine nonbinary person, who carries one of his own children. Belc takes us through his life, relationships, pregnancy and journey as a parents in a very vulnurable way. It's told in a very fragmented way, and we move around in time a lot. Often he writes directly to "you", but who "you" is seems to change. This took me a while to get used to, but I also found it to be so effective.
I'm grateful to Belc for sharing his story so openly. It's rare to see stories of trans people going through pregnancy. I loved seeing how he found himself through this journey and in parenthood. Absolutely wonderful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Transphobia