FALLOW GROUND

The last thing Ann expects to hear while lying spread-eagled on an infertility exam table is a voice inside her head. As the daughter of an environmental biologist, she traded prayers for science books long ago. Even so, the message is clear: When are you going to get the hint, Ann? Motherhood isn’t in the cards for you.

Did it come from her? From Fate? By clinging to her dream of mother hood despite mounting odds, is Ann defying Mother Nature herself?

Moving through the wilderness of Florida and Alaska to the intimate terrain of love and marriage, Fallow Ground traces a four-year reckoning with childlessness. Blending ecological observation with unflinching self-examination, it explores rupture, identity, and the delicate work of building a life when the one you’ve planned refuses to take root.