Life, Almost: Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood

di Jennie Agg (Autore)

Transworld Publishers Ltd, 2023

'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard 'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia Bueno 'Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written' Pippa Vosper After losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience. Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Agg's path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy - as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook - Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives: * Why are we told miscarriage can't be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos? * Why is it normal not to tell anyone you're pregnant for the first three months? * Why don't we know why labour starts? Drawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, Life, Almost is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.

• Autore: Jennie Agg
• Editore: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 242 x 162 mm
• Peso: 517 gr.
• EAN: 9781911709046

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