About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope
Jessica Berger Gross (editor)
In this intimate anthology, twenty writers explore the grief and sadnessand hopethat living through a miscarriage can bring.
Today, as many as one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. And yet, many women are surprised to find that instead of simply grieving the end of a pregnancy, they feel as if they are mourning the loss of a child. Taken aback by their sorrow, they seek solace in similar perspectivesonly to find that a silence and lingering stigma surrounds the topic. Revealing a wide spectrum of experiences and perspectives, this powerful collection offers comfort and community for the millions of women (and their loved ones) who experience this all-too-common kind of loss every year.
Today, as many as one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. And yet, many women are surprised to find that instead of simply grieving the end of a pregnancy, they feel as if they are mourning the loss of a child. Taken aback by their sorrow, they seek solace in similar perspectivesonly to find that a silence and lingering stigma surrounds the topic. Revealing a wide spectrum of experiences and perspectives, this powerful collection offers comfort and community for the millions of women (and their loved ones) who experience this all-too-common kind of loss every year.
년:
2006
출판사:
Penguin Publishing Group
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
0452287995
ISBN 13:
9780452287990
파일:
EPUB, 256 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2006