The film “Joy” is based on the true story behind the conception of IVF – "in vitro fertilisation”. It stars Bill Nighy as obstetrician Patrick Steptoe, James Norton as biologist Robert Edwards, and Thomasin McKenzie as embryologist nurse Jean Purdy, the "triad" that invented IVF. In 2010 Edwards and Steptoe were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for this extraordinary outcome; Purdy, on the other hand, remained in the shade for far too long.

On the surface, The Handmaid’s Tale appears to be a rallying cry against surrogacy. Yet Moira had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement.

Giorgia Surina's novel is a step towards highlighting the subject of single motherhood