‘The economics alone are damning: greedy jobs, mountains of student debt, ruinous housing costs, and childcare that consumes a full salary. Sussman's book brings us the grinding consequences of those abstractions for those who did everything right, yet still found that starting a family had become inconceivable’ David Autor, co-author of The Work of the Future

‘A passionate, thoughtful, and often movingly poetic exploration of life’s most fundamental questions: Why do so many of us feel so scared of the future? How should we take care of one another? What does it mean to cherish human life? This is certain to be a definitive work’ Suzy Hansen, author of From Life Itself and the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Notes on a Foreign Country

‘Combines in-depth reportage and wry self-excavation to tackle one of the biggest questions facing modern civilization: whether and how its next generation will come to be. Nuanced, thought-provoking, and brave – a heartfelt paean to family and shared futures, and an incisive critique of the systems that make both feel impossible to sustain’ Christine Emba, author of Rethinking Sex: A Provocation

‘Sussman's blend of curiosity and empathy allows the reader to eavesdrop on the most intimate and vulnerable choices a person can make. A fascinating map of the doubts and hopes that shape American families’ Leah Sargeant, author of The Dignity of Dependence