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The brink of being : talking about miscarriage

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York] : Penguin Books, 2019Description: xxviii, 290 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780143133230
  • 0143133233
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Brink of beingDDC classification:
  • 618.3/92 23
LOC classification:
  • RG648 .B84 2019
NLM classification:
  • WQ 225
Contents:
A child in mind: the unconceived, barely conceived, unusually conceived -- Derailed: early miscarriage -- A conspicuous absence: late miscarriage -- Again and again and again: recurrent miscarriage -- Ripples: partners, family members, others -- Efforts to remember, pressure to forget: funerals, memorials, campaigns.
Summary: The author blends women's stories (including her own) with research and analysis, exploring the effect of pregnancy loss on women and highlighting the ways in which our society fails to effectively respond to it. -- adapted from back cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 618.3 BUE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 24480000019014

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-279) and index.

A child in mind: the unconceived, barely conceived, unusually conceived -- Derailed: early miscarriage -- A conspicuous absence: late miscarriage -- Again and again and again: recurrent miscarriage -- Ripples: partners, family members, others -- Efforts to remember, pressure to forget: funerals, memorials, campaigns.

The author blends women's stories (including her own) with research and analysis, exploring the effect of pregnancy loss on women and highlighting the ways in which our society fails to effectively respond to it. -- adapted from back cover.

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