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| Date published | April 2011 | ||
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| Pages | 210 pages | ||
| Format | Paperback | ||
| Size | 153mm x 234mm x 20mm | ||
| Weight | 200 g | ||
| ISBN | 978-0-9807447-7-4 | ||
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Fifteen Percent Pregnant
Tony Hardy
- Overview
- The Author
- Media
Overview
Tony Hardy is 43 and trying to become a dad for the first time. He is typical of those self-absorbed 40-somethings who live in the cashed-up inner suburbs. Delaying fatherhood wasn’t a conscious act for Tony. Neither was getting older.
When he and his girlfriend struggle to start a family, he is forced to grow up. They commit to IVF and Tony is forced to refl ect on his non-existent relationship with his father and whether he truly wants to be a dad. He is stuck. He is a man in the foetal position hoping to make a foetus.
Fifteen Percent Pregnant is an honest, confronting and funny book about a man’s reflections on all things, while watching the girl he loves be pushed, prodded and hypnotised through IVF. Tony critiques childhood, sex, career, tarot cards, a women’s pain tolerance versus his own, pregnancy, money, funerals and true love.
About the author
Tony Hardy
Tony Hardy is the author of Race Around the Sports World (published by The Slattery Media Group). He has written regularly for The Age, The Australian and Good Weekend.
From 2008–09, he had his own weekly satirical sports ‘column’ on 612 ABC Brisbane’s Afternoon Show with Richard Fidler. When not writing, he works as a freelance creative director and has won international awards for his advertising creative.
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The Circle, Channel 10, Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tony Hardy joins The Circle's Denise Drysdale, Chrissie Swan and Yumi Stynes to discuss his new book, Fifteen Percent Pregnant, and his experiences with IVF.
Sunday Herald Sun, Sunday, May 8, 2011
The Sunday Herald Sun describe Fifteen Percent Pregnant as a 'story with great honesty and wit.'
RRR, Breakfasters, Friday, May 6, 2011
Tony Hardy chats with the RRR Breakfasters team about his book, Fifteen Percent Pregnant, and his experiences with IVF.
Tony Hardy talks about Fifteen Percent Pregnant
If you don't understand IVF... if you've ever twitched when a friend says your biological clock is ticking... if trying to have a baby has made you wonder about your life... Then, the new book Fifteen Percent Pregnant, by Tony Hardy, will make 100 percent sense.
MTR1377 with Andrew Moore, Monday, April 12, 2011
Tony Hardy and Andrew Moore delve right into the contents of Fifteen Percent Pregnant and Tony's experiences.
Grazia, Monday, April 4, 2011
Tony Hardy tells Grazia readers about his experiences with IVF.
Triple M, Hot Breakfast with Eddie McGuire, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Tony Hardy speaks to the Triple M Hot Breakfast team about his journey through IVF.