Thread
a caesarean story of myth, magic and medicine
$57.11
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2025
Summary
Thread: Myth, Magic, and Medicine in the Caesarean Section
The words ‘Caesarean Section’ are powerful, conjuring strong emotions. For some, feelings of doubt, shame, and judgement. For others a sense of safety, relief, validation, and reassurance. Yet, they are rarely spoken of with the ecstatic tones reserved for ‘natural’ or vaginal birth, rarely called beautiful, or associated with feminine power.
Can Caesarean birth also be magical? Mystical? Awe-inspiring?
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786584489 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786584484 |
| Author: | Hannah Marsh |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Hannah Marsh
Hannah Marsh is a journalist; she has written for The Telegraph and The Independent. Born into a medical family, with two Oxford University professors and scientists as parents, and an international community of scientists, researchers and specialists around her, Hannah defied the family convention to carve out a career in writing and the arts.
Hannah gave birth via Caesarean in 2017. After being diagnosed with PTSD following the birth, discovering more about the procedure, and its history, became both a fascination and a key part of her healing. She first wrote about her discoveries in a personal essay for online culture magazine Demented Goddess in 2019.
Writing about women and gender has long been a focus for Hannah; she wrote a series of columns for The Independent focusing on feminist and gender issues and she has penned columns for The Vagenda. Hannah explores the Caesarean experience with a journalist’s tenacity, curiosity and eye for a story, a scientific edge and a storyteller’s creative approach, giving new life to forgotten women’s voices.
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