My Library


     
Limit search to available items
Limited to: Words in TITLE "brink of being"

Book Cover
Book
Title The brink of being : talking about miscarriage / Julia Bueno.
Publisher New York : Penguin Books, 2019.
Copyright ©2019
Description xxviii, 290 pages ; 20 cm


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 NS-Adult Collection  618.392 BUE Nearby on shelf  30651003758368 (none)  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 It estimated that one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage and yet it persists as taboo. In The Brink of Being, a groundbreaking and essential book, psychotherapist Julia Bueno encourages us to talk about, think more, and reflect upon this often misunderstood, and little discussed event.
Other edition Online version: Bueno, Julia, author. Brink of being New York : Penguin Books, [2019] 9780525505013
Subject Miscarriage.
Miscarriage -- Psychological aspects.
Other title Talking about miscarriage
ISBN 9780143133230
0143133233