Note: This is a rebroadcast. This program originally aired September 6, 2016.
Infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States, according to . That statistic amounts to millions of Americans, but despite the high numbers, many keep their struggle private. For many years writer was one of those individuals. She and her husband experienced a wide range of emotional and financial obstacles in the five years they spent trying to get pregnant, but it was not until Boggs that she realized how many of her friends and family were in the same boat.
This journey inspired her new book (Graywolf Press/2016). Host Frank Stasio talks with Boggs, a , about her book that explores fertility through a blend of memoir and cultural history. Boggs at Duke University tomorrow night at 6 p.m. 鈥�
