Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America Grant Rebecca
"An important book...Grant is a good storyteller, subtle and compassionate." --The New York Times Book ReviewIn the tradition of Random Family and Evicted, a gripping blend of rigorous, intimate…
Specifikacia Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America Grant Rebecca
"An important book...Grant is a good storyteller, subtle and compassionate." --The New York Times Book ReviewIn the tradition of Random Family and Evicted, a gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today's America.In Birth, journalist Rebecca Grant provides us with a never-before-seen look at the changing landscape of pregnancy and childbirth in America--and the rise of midwifery--told through the eyes of three women who all pass through the doors of the same birth center in Portland, Oregon.There's Alison, a teacher whose long path to a healthy pregnancy has led her to question a traditional hospital birth; T'Nika, herself born with the help of a midwife and now a nurse hoping to work in Labor &
Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond