Letters to an Embryo
by Jasna Kaludjerovic
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Pub Date 7 Apr 2025 | Archive Date 15 Nov 2025
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Description
After a painful divorce, an extra embryo from the last IVF attempt is left frozen.
Three years later, the mother begins writing a diary, struggling to decide what to do with it. She feels responsible for giving it a chance to live but no longer wants to have a baby with her ex. So, she will write letters to the embryo for a long time, trying to decide what to do...
Does it have the right to live?
How will it fit into her new life?
What will it take to make a decision?
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⚠️ Content Warning:
This memoir includes themes of infertility, IVF, divorce, emotional distress, and ethical dilemmas surrounding reproductive choices.
A Note From the Publisher
The book is a literary-autobiographical novel exploring the emotional and ethical complexities of embryo freezing after a breakup.
I’m deeply grateful to every reader who takes the time to engage with this story. Honest reviews are more than welcome — thank you for helping this book find its readers. 💛
Advance Praise
“Raises intriguing, morally complex, and timely issues.”
– Kirkus Reviews
“About divorce, loneliness, and healing after betrayal, Letters to an Embryo is an intimate memoir. “
– Foreword Clarion Reviews
"Jasna Kaludjerovic’s vulnerable memoir is about processing the dissolution of her marriage through letters to their last frozen embryo.”
– Foreword Clarion Reviews
“The letters spend significant time on the role of women in society and how she now sees her own place in the world. She had always wanted to be a mother, but now she is wrestling with who she is.”
-BlueInk Review
“In this sweet, poignant memoir, Jasna Kaludjerovic writes to her last viable frozen embryo, deciding whether to go ahead with a pregnancy when she and her husband—the embryo’s ‘papa’—are divorcing. She mourns the demise of her marriage but seizes on her newfound freedom to find a new man and craft a new career.”
– BlueInk Review
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Audio books in Serbian and English are currently prepared
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9788690766215 |
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| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Crystal M, Reviewer
This book is very emotional and heart felt I ran past these pages because it was so relatable sad emotional all at once please please put a trigger warning in the beginning of the book because this book is great but can be triggering for some !! But I think a lot of people will enjoy it as it fits the lives of many thoughts
Connie F, Reviewer
This true story took me on a very emotional journey. When I read a memoir that deals with a heavy topic, it just hits differently. This is a medium paced read that is reflective and intimate. It made me feel hopeful and sad. I have never read anything like this before! It is a unique story that is very thought provoking. This book explores themes of motherhood and identity, divorce and loss, love and longing, forgiveness, personal reflection and finding purpose! It is extremely well written, captivating, comes from a personal experience, thorough and has a clear thesis. I also found it to be conversational because it deals with womanhood themes! Overall, I rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars!
"Letters to an Embryo" is a story where a woman writes to a frozen embryo. After have gone through a divorce, she struggles to make the ultimate decision on what she should do with the embryo. She begins writing letters to the embryo, which expresses the turmoil she is dealing with.
I think women that love to read memoirs that have a heavy and sensitive topic, would really enjoy this one. Content warnings include IVF, infertility, emotional distress, divorce, ethical dilemmas and reproductive choices.
Thank you to NetGalley and author Jasna Kaludjerovic for this electronic ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
This book is out now at all major retailers!
Reviewer 1638222
"Letters to an Embryo" by Jasna Kaludjerovic is a powerful and emotional memoir that explores the complexities of loss, heartbreak, and hope. After a painful divorce, the author is left with a frozen embryo from her last IVF attempt, sparking a deeply personal and introspective journey. Through letters to the embryo, Kaludjerovic shares her inner turmoil, grappling with the weight of decision-making and emotional survival. This honest and intimate exploration is both shattering and profoundly moving, taking readers on a five-year emotional journey of self-discovery and resilience, earning it a 5-star rating .
Pooja C, Reviewer
Letters to an Embryo is a very introspective memoir about the author's journey with her frozen embryo after a divorce. This was super vulnerable and had great insight into the mindset of someone going through IVF but with extra complications. I was worried the whole book that by the time we got to embryo transfer it would fail and the rest of the book would be about parsing through grief. Overall, a very interesting read. 4/5 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.
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