"[U]tterly fascinating. The breadth and thoroughness of Mundy's investigation makes it nearly impossible to come away without having your opinions challenged if not changed altogether. Mundy . combines a science reporter's objectivity with a mother's understanding, and she delivers her emotionally charged and often scientifically complex material in clear, bright and eminently readable prose." --"Publisher's Weekly "(starred review) "A stimulating, illuminating look at the booming baby-making business and the knotty questions it raises." --"Kirkus" "Mundy covers all bases, seamlessly merging scientific fact, real-life experiences, and philosophical implications. [She] applies prodigious journalistic and research skills to a topic as compelling and timely as assisted reproduction, and the result is a one-night read." --"Booklist" (starred review) ""Everything Conceivable" may be the best title of the year.

And for those curious, it is an irresistible dispatch from the far frontier of parenthood." --Cleveland" Plain Dealer " "A much-needed investigation into assisted reproductive technology. [Mundy] illuminates domestic life and politics in contemporary America." --"The Financial Times ""Journalist Mundy proves herself a clear-eyed observer of these procedures and their cultural implications, with an unexpectedly easy style and sharp wit." --Los Angeles "Advocate " "Mundy, a reporter for "The Washington Post, "tells her tales in a fresh voice and with a keen eye for detail." --"The Washington Post Book World " "Mundy has compiled an exhaustive and at times heartbreaking survey of the issues raised by thenew-fangled science of creating babies. And while Mundy does an excellent job of rendering a lot of very technical information accessible . what makes the book compelling are the people she writes about.

Such details humanize the ethical questions that dog scientific advances, and Mundy's skill at choosing her subjects makes for an emotionally exhausting book. Yet those same details, and that same discomfort, make for an unusually edifying read." --Austin "American-Statesman " ""Everything Conceivable "is an earthquake of a book." --"The National Review Online " "Everything Conceivable is an enthralling tour through Fertility World. Liza Mundy is the ideal tour guide to this remarkable land. She's curious, funny, incisive, and deeply sympathetic to the terribly difficult decisions that would-be parents face. All that you want to know about modern baby-making-from scientific gambles to wild-west law to gripping human drama-you will find in Everything Conceivable." --David Plotz, author of "The Genius Factory " "Making babies has become a big business in the United States, and Liza Mundy is there at the bedside, monitoring the rise of assisted reproductive technology.

Mundy expertly tracks the fascinating scientific developments. But the real marvel of her book is her empathetic scrutiny of the human dramas and dilemmas those advances have brought with them. "Everything Conceivable" is a pioneering portrait of an industry that has, for better and for worse, altered our ideas of biology, family, destiny." --Ann Hulbert, author of "Raising America ""Beautifully written, unfailingly smart, "Everything Conceivable" is a marvelous book.Mundy's empathy for people struggling to have children is palpable, but so is her keen astonishment at some of the brave new ways science has devised of helping them. This is a book full of unforgettable stories about human beings facing personal, ethical, and moral dilemmas we could scarcely have imagined a generation ago." --Margaret Talbot.