Book Author Emma Neale
Rights Available: World excl. NZ
A love story with a speculative glimmer, Maybe Baby moves between the South Pacific and the Northern Hemisphere. Nate, a grieving widower, is determined to honour his late wife and find a way to have the child they were desperate to have together.
Sadly, he is unsuccessful in finding a suitable surrogate to carry one of their frozen embryos. Nate discovers an international research team investigating male pregnancy and decides to travel to London to take part in groundbreaking trials.
As he grows increasingly absorbed in the clandestine medical trial, he is caught in the complex hinge of three powerful desires: his loyalty to his late wife, a primal urge to be a father, and his knee-weakening attraction to Sadie, who has her own reasons to resist starting a family.
About the Author
Emma Neale is the author of six novels, six collections of poetry and a collection of short stories. Her novel Billy Bird was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Award. Her poetry collection, Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit, won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Emma has a PhD in English Literature from University College London and has received a number of literary fellowships, residencies and awards, including the Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for a Distinguished Contribution to New Zealand Poetry 2020.
Publisher
Bateman Books
Extent
276pp
Category
Fiction
Genre
Contemporary Fiction
Publication Date
May 2026
Rights Available:
World excl. NZ
Rights Agents:
World
Paul Bateman, David Bateman Ltd
bateman@bateman.co.nz
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