Ghostbelly
ISBN-13:
9781558618442
ISBN-10:
1558618449
Author:
Elizabeth Heineman
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Format:
Paperback
320 pages
Category:
Women
,
Specific Groups
,
Motherhood
,
Women's Studies
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ISBN-13:
9781558618442
ISBN-10:
1558618449
Author:
Elizabeth Heineman
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Format:
Paperback
320 pages
Category:
Women
,
Specific Groups
,
Motherhood
,
Women's Studies
Summary
Ghostbelly (ISBN-13: 9781558618442 and ISBN-10: 1558618449), written by authors
Elizabeth Heineman, was published by The Feminist Press at CUNY in 2014.
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Ghostbelly is Elizabeth Heineman’s personal account of a home birth that goes tragically wrongending in a stillbirthand the harrowing process of grief and questioning that follows. It’s also Heineman’s unexpected tale of the loss of a newborn: before burial, she brings the baby home for overnight stays.
Does this sound unsettling? Of course. We’re not supposed to hold and caress dead bodies. But then again, babies aren’t supposed to die.
In this courageous and deeply intimate memoir, Heineman examines the home-birth and maternal health-care industry, the isolation of midwives, and the scripting of her own grief. With no resolution to sadness, Heineman and her partner learn to live in a new world: a world in which they face each day with the understanding of the fragility of the present.
Does this sound unsettling? Of course. We’re not supposed to hold and caress dead bodies. But then again, babies aren’t supposed to die.
In this courageous and deeply intimate memoir, Heineman examines the home-birth and maternal health-care industry, the isolation of midwives, and the scripting of her own grief. With no resolution to sadness, Heineman and her partner learn to live in a new world: a world in which they face each day with the understanding of the fragility of the present.
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