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Inconceivable: A beautiful and intimate new memoir about family, secrets and love
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Expected 12 Mar 26A beautiful and timeless memoir about family in all its forms, from television documentary director, Rebecca Coxon.
'Moving, courageous, enlightening' ELIZABETH DAY
'Immaculately sculpted. I loved it and could not put it down’ SARA COLLINS
‘My family tree is not simple; my lineage is not linear. There are the branches we see and the roots we do not. Not all bloodlines flow with blood.’
When Rebecca Coxon uploaded her genetic data to an ancestry website, she had no idea of the chain reaction it would spark. Confronted by the shocking discovery that her father was not biologically related to her, the secrets revealed by her genes would alter her understanding of identity and family forever.
In this deeply honest and intimate memoir, Rebecca – a donor-conceived IVF triplet who has donated her eggs and undergone fertility treatment herself – shares her remarkable story. It’s one of family secrets, shame, resilience and warmth, offering a profound glimpse into the consequences of how we choose to create new life.
Written with nuance and tenderness, Inconceivable is a beautiful meditation on our place within history and the wider universe and, above all else, a love letter to family in all its forms.
'Moving, courageous, enlightening' ELIZABETH DAY
'Immaculately sculpted. I loved it and could not put it down’ SARA COLLINS
‘My family tree is not simple; my lineage is not linear. There are the branches we see and the roots we do not. Not all bloodlines flow with blood.’
When Rebecca Coxon uploaded her genetic data to an ancestry website, she had no idea of the chain reaction it would spark. Confronted by the shocking discovery that her father was not biologically related to her, the secrets revealed by her genes would alter her understanding of identity and family forever.
In this deeply honest and intimate memoir, Rebecca – a donor-conceived IVF triplet who has donated her eggs and undergone fertility treatment herself – shares her remarkable story. It’s one of family secrets, shame, resilience and warmth, offering a profound glimpse into the consequences of how we choose to create new life.
Written with nuance and tenderness, Inconceivable is a beautiful meditation on our place within history and the wider universe and, above all else, a love letter to family in all its forms.
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January 25, 2026
I was lucky enough to receive this brilliant memoir on the last day of 2025.
This emotional book explores family in all its forms.
Rebecca always knew that she was an IVF baby but only discovered she was donor-conceived by accident when she decided to do a genetic test on an ancestry website. This discovery would be life changing and her ideas of identity would never be the same again.
With writing that was both honest and unflinching, Rebecca not only described her changing family dynamics and difficult fertility journey but included so many interesting (and sometimes appalling!) social and medical facts in the book.
A very important, informative and excellent read.
Thank you so much to @bigdaybooks for sending me this advanced copy for my honest review.
Review of advance copy
As soon as I heard Rebecca Coxon talk about her book at 4th Estate Live, I knew it was a story I wanted to read. A non-fiction book that is part memoir, part discourse on fertility, infertility, donor-conception, IVF and everything in between.
Inconceivable is a moving memoir that starts with a shocking discovery when the author who is a television director of real-life documentaries, finds out she is donor-conceived. What follows is her coming to terms with the news, finding out about those who she is biologically connected to, and communicating with such warmth and understanding rather than shame and stigma.
It was a deeply personal book for Coxon to write and seeing the conversations with her family and their attitude towards life and each other was lovely to read. I haven't had this exact experience, but have had family-rocking secrets and revelations that have tested the family and sibling dynamic and I found similarities in the way the core of our family held together.
I think as a society we are talking more about infertility, but this book is a reminder on why to be caring and compassionate, and to not assume where people are on their journey with having (or not having) children.
As a brand new release that is set to be published I had to race to her Instagram to see if the epilogue does indeed have a happy ending and I genuinely felt such joy for a stranger that I have never met, but feel like I have had such an intimate glimpse into their life from reading the book.
Inconceivable is a moving memoir that starts with a shocking discovery when the author who is a television director of real-life documentaries, finds out she is donor-conceived. What follows is her coming to terms with the news, finding out about those who she is biologically connected to, and communicating with such warmth and understanding rather than shame and stigma.
It was a deeply personal book for Coxon to write and seeing the conversations with her family and their attitude towards life and each other was lovely to read. I haven't had this exact experience, but have had family-rocking secrets and revelations that have tested the family and sibling dynamic and I found similarities in the way the core of our family held together.
I think as a society we are talking more about infertility, but this book is a reminder on why to be caring and compassionate, and to not assume where people are on their journey with having (or not having) children.
As a brand new release that is set to be published I had to race to her Instagram to see if the epilogue does indeed have a happy ending and I genuinely felt such joy for a stranger that I have never met, but feel like I have had such an intimate glimpse into their life from reading the book.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Inconceivable is a thought-provoking memoir about Coxon's personal experiences with IVF, donor-conception and infertility.
After taking a DNA test, Coxon unexpectedly opens up a pandora's box of emotional and moral questions about family, secrecy and shame. It's a sensitive and deeply personal journey that Coxon handles with honesty and care, every decision underscored by love.
Intertwined with this discovery are Coxon's own struggles with infertility, her experience of endometriosis and decision to explore IVF herself. It's still (sadly) a taboo subject and I found Coxon's candour deeply moving.
The introspection is balanced with interviews and research into IVF pioneers and the stories of other women who have struggled with fertility. In engaging with other perspectives, Coxon makes her own experience all the more relatable.
Smart and sensitive, Inconceivable tells an important story with care and compassion.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*
After taking a DNA test, Coxon unexpectedly opens up a pandora's box of emotional and moral questions about family, secrecy and shame. It's a sensitive and deeply personal journey that Coxon handles with honesty and care, every decision underscored by love.
Intertwined with this discovery are Coxon's own struggles with infertility, her experience of endometriosis and decision to explore IVF herself. It's still (sadly) a taboo subject and I found Coxon's candour deeply moving.
The introspection is balanced with interviews and research into IVF pioneers and the stories of other women who have struggled with fertility. In engaging with other perspectives, Coxon makes her own experience all the more relatable.
Smart and sensitive, Inconceivable tells an important story with care and compassion.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*
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