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Birth Notes - A Memoir of Recovery (Hardcover) Loot Price: R501
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Birth Notes - A Memoir of Recovery (Hardcover): Jessica Cornwell

Birth Notes - A Memoir of Recovery (Hardcover)

Jessica Cornwell

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'I SAVOURED EVERY WORD' ABI DARE A REDEMPTIVE TALE OF THE POWER AND WISOM OF WOMEN'S BODIES' LEAH HAZARD 'MAGNIFICENT: A WORK OF TRUTH' SUSIE ORBACH 'FILLED ME WITH HOPE' DR ELINOR CLEGHORN 'SO MANY WOMEN WILL FEEL LESS ALONE AFTER READING THIS BOOK' KATIE WARD Following the birth of her first children, twin boys, Jessica Cornwell collapsed in a fever. Rushed back to hospital, she was initially dismissed, before a life-threatening infection was diagnosed. Alone, recovering, watching her body bruise and break, a curious thing happened: she stopped feeling. At home, the numbness remained. Nursing her boys through jaundice, learning to breastfeed, slowly re-emerging into a world where other mothers seemed to cope, Jessica hid her secret - she felt no love, only fear. Worse, vivid memories began to surface, of moments in her past she thought buried. Jessica began to name, one by one, the shadows that returned to haunt her first year as a mother. And in claiming back the words, she fought to claim back her life and the love she bore her young family. Birth Notes is the story - luminous, breathtaking and courageous - of forging a self from fragments. With eloquent rage and searing honesty, it speaks for the unvoiced and shines a light on maternal mental health. It is the love story of a mother for her children and a woman for herself.

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Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2022
Authors: Jessica Cornwell
Dimensions: 220 x 148 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 978-0-349-01429-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > Pregnancy, birth & baby care
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with illness
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 0-349-01429-9
Barcode: 9780349014296

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