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Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
276 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on a landmark study involving more than one hundred pregnant women and mothers, a renowned OB/GYN synthesizes the secrets to a good birth medically and emotionally. Most doctors are trained to think of a "good" birth only in terms of its medical success. But Dr. Anne Lyerly knows firsthand that there are many other important elements that often get overlooked. Her three-year study of a diverse group of over one hundred expectant moms asked...
Author
Series
Comparative studies of health systems and medical care volume no. 35
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
xii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
7) Eleven hours
Author
Publisher
Tin House Books ; Distributed by W.W. Norton and Company
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven Hours is the story of two soon-to-be mothers who, in the midst of a difficult labor, are forced to reckon with their pasts and re-create their futures. Lore must disentangle herself from a love triangle; Franckline must move beyond past traumas to accept the life that is waiting for her. Pamela Erens moves seamlessly between their begrudging partnership and the memories evoked by so intense an experience: for Lore, of the father of her child...
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 310 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An anthology that will explore the birth experience from a wide-ranging group of esteemed writers (including Julia Glass, Lauren Groff, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, and others), with all the force, frankness, humor, and honesty that the best personal writing has to offer"--
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