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In nineteenth century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, or "old same, " in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The two women exchange messages written on silk fans and handkerchieves using nu shu, a unique language that women created in order to communicate in secret, sharing their experiences, but when a misunderstanding arises, their friendship threatens to tear apart....
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Fifth edition, Bantam trade paperback revised edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 360 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Revised and updated for today's family, this classic guide to the Bradley Method of natural childbirth helps mothers have healthy babies and joyful birthing experiences--and makes fathers partners in the miracle of life.
13) After birth
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"A year has passed since Ari gave birth to Walker, though it went so badly awry she has trouble calling it 'birth' and still she can't locate herself in her altered universe. Amid the strange, disjointed rhythms of her days and nights and another impending winter in upstate New York, Ari is a tree without roots, struggling to keep her branches aloft. When Mina, a one-time cult musician--older, self-contained, alone, and nine-months pregnant--moves...
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Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Howard Books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 251 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying-- especially when you're pregnant! Meehan starts with the day the pregnancy stick turns pink, and helps moms laugh through each month, all the way into those first difficult days home with a new baby.
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English
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"In Simpson's suspenseful, atmospheric third Gilded Age mystery (after Lies That Comfort and Betray), New York opera singer Claire Buchanan, whose twin sister, Catherine, died in childbirth eight months earlier, calls on the services of Prudence MacKenzie and her investigative partner, Geoffrey Hunter. Death of both mother and child during birth was not unusual in 1889, but Claire believes that her twin's death was not natural. Catherine's husband,...
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