Life, Almost
Miscarriage, Misconceptions and a Search for Answers from the Brink of Motherhood
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Life, Almost
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Narrated by:
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Jennie Agg
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By:
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Jennie Agg
About this listen
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After losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience.
Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Agg's path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy—as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook—Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives:
· Why are we told miscarriage can't be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos?
· Why is it normal not to tell anyone you're pregnant for the first three months?
· Why don't we know why labour starts?
Drawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, Life, Almost is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.
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Critic reviews
"Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate, this is the miscarriage manifesto we need." (Leah Hazard, bestselling author of Hard Pushed)
"Beautiful, powerful and important... Essential reading for anyone who lives in a world where miscarriage happens - a book for us all." (Georgina Lucas, author of If Not for You)
"An urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking book that should pioneer new conversations." (Julia Bueno, author of The Brink of Being)
Very happy and satisfied with the pace, level and audience pitch of this book.
Scientifically sound and well read
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I felt the book was structured in an excellent way and it was easy to keep up with. There was also a lot of information around miscarriages and research and facts and figures but it still remained personal and engaging
A truly wonderful book,
I felt and related to every word of this book!
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Beautiful
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Jennie has a gift of accurately portraying honest feelings and thoughts into words, which I continuously related to and has made this process much less of a lonely one. I cried throughout and I'm already looking forward to reading again.
Thank you so much x
Beautiful, powerful and relatable
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The reality
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