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Synopsis
The engaging and eye-opening story of how we and our ancestors entered the world.
Through the frigid, blurry January weeks after George was born, I found myself suddenly housebound with time to ruminate - though not time to cook or take a shower. When George was peaceful, my mind returned to that nagging question: why is birth so hit and miss after all this time? I needed to put into perspective my own experience. I needed to know what other women, in other cultures, in other times had done.
Birth is a book that will open the eyes of even the most informed experts on the subject. Cassidy looks at every aspect of childbirth - from fathers and mothers to doctors and widwives across the centuries - with admirable objectivity in a work that is utterly gripping, occasionally shocking and essential reading for the human race.
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"Finally, a literate and well-informed history of childbirth... A liberating look at how assumptions have changed of what a good childbirth is supposed to be" (Naomi Wolf)
"Wonderful... Packed full of information, a brilliant mixture of ancient wisdom and modern science" (Kate Mosse)
"Cassidy is determined to wipe the Vaseline from the lens... There is a collective, willful amnesia about birth that has been begging for her clear-headed dissipation" (New York Times Book Review)
"A lively, engaging and often witty read; a quirky, eye-opening account of one of life's most elemental experiences" (Boston Globe)
"Fantastic... a darkly witty guide through the birthing hut" (New York Magazine)
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This page-turning -- and jaw-dropping -- history of childbirth is 'a wonder of a book... a must read for anyone who's ever been born' (Mary Roach)
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0701181192
- ISBN 13 9780701181192
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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