Life, Almost
miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood
$36.15
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2024
Summary
Life, Almost: A Journey Through Miscarriage, Motherhood, and the Mysteries of Reproduction
‘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 un…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804995761 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804995762 |
| Author: | Jennie Agg |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 20mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate, this is the miscarriage manifesto we need’Leah Hazard, bestselling author of Hard Pushed—
‘Beautiful, powerful and important … Essential reading for anyone who lives in a world where miscarriage happens - a book for us all’Georgina Lucas, author of If Not For You
—‘An urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking book that should pioneer new conversationsJulia Bueno, author of The Brink of Being
—‘A thoughtfully researched and beautifully written book’Pippa Vosper, author of Beyond Grief
—‘The perfect combination of informed personal experience and practical journalistic research. Highly recommended’Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room
—‘A powerful combination of intellect, heart, challenging enquiry and hugely important questions still to be answered’—Ruth Bender Atik, National Director of The Miscarriage Association‘Tommy’s believes this will be a hugely important read, both for those who have gone through miscarriage and for those trying to understand what their loved ones are going through. We hope anyone who reads this book will finish with the knowledge that they are not alone.‘—Tommy’s charityAbout The Author
Jennie Agg
Jennie Agg is an acclaimed health and science journalist, whose work has appeared in the Guardian, the Times, the Mail, the Telegraph, Red, Grazia, Women’s Health and elsewhere. She is the author of the award-winning blog The Uterus Monologues, through which she has charted her own experience of recurrent miscarriage as well as helping other women to share their stories of infertility and pregnancy loss.
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