The Choice

By Orsola Severini

1 Add to cart Price: $24.95 Page Count: 136 Publication Date: November 2025 ISBN: 978-1-77258-549-0 Orsola is 34, lives in Rome with her husband, two young children, a big dog, and what seems like a perfect life. Raised by strict feminist and communist parents, her greatest dream has always been motherhood. After two joyful pregnancies, she decides to try for a third. But at the crucial 12-week scan, everything changes: a severe fetal anomaly is discovered, with possible outcomes being miscarriage or death shortly after birth. What follows is a harrowing journey through Italy's healthcare system, where abortion is legal but nearly inaccessible - blocked by conscientious objectors, outdated facilities, and a deafening lack of support. As Orsola and her husband Marco face grief and impossible choices, she also mourns the recent loss of her father, a warm, eccentric communist doctor from Calabria. His absence is felt deeply. This true story is both intimate and political - a powerful, urgent indictment of a society that punishes women for choosing, suffering, and surviving.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772585491
• ISBN13: 9781772585490
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Demeter Press
• Length: 136 Pages