Hugendubel.info - Die B2B Online-Buchhandlung 

Merkliste
Die Merkliste ist leer.
Bitte warten - die Druckansicht der Seite wird vorbereitet.
Der Druckdialog öffnet sich, sobald die Seite vollständig geladen wurde.
Sollte die Druckvorschau unvollständig sein, bitte schliessen und "Erneut drucken" wählen.

No One Talks About This Stuff

Twenty-Two Stories of Almost Parenthood
von
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
304 Seiten
Englisch
Unbounderschienen am21.03.2024
'Will allow you to find the peace, the rage, the acceptance, the anger, the love, the hatred, the joy and the connection that we all need to be allowed to feel' Pippa Vosper, author of Beyond GriefNo One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents: it is a place to share journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet.So, we hear from a stepmother who wrestles with infertility. A husband and wife each tell their experience of losing their baby. A lesbian comes of age at a time when gay people rarely become parents. A father finds loss to be his unlikely superpower. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder impacts a person´s choices about having a family. A black woman unpacks ancestral shame while finding renewed purpose. And each person shares how they lived through it.This captivatingly beautiful, profound and honest anthology opens a much-needed conversation about society, family and honouring the missing children we will never forget.'Each generously shared experience powerfully validates and chips away at shame, as it speaks the truth of hoping, waiting, losing, loving and questioning' Anna Mathur, author of Know Your Worth'The voices of the contributors are necessarily varied, but they are unified by fascinating and moving insights' Julia Bueno, author of The Brink of Beingmehr
Verfügbare Formate
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
EUR14,50
E-BookEPUBDRM AdobeE-Book
EUR7,99

Produkt

Klappentext'Will allow you to find the peace, the rage, the acceptance, the anger, the love, the hatred, the joy and the connection that we all need to be allowed to feel' Pippa Vosper, author of Beyond GriefNo One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents: it is a place to share journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet.So, we hear from a stepmother who wrestles with infertility. A husband and wife each tell their experience of losing their baby. A lesbian comes of age at a time when gay people rarely become parents. A father finds loss to be his unlikely superpower. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder impacts a person´s choices about having a family. A black woman unpacks ancestral shame while finding renewed purpose. And each person shares how they lived through it.This captivatingly beautiful, profound and honest anthology opens a much-needed conversation about society, family and honouring the missing children we will never forget.'Each generously shared experience powerfully validates and chips away at shame, as it speaks the truth of hoping, waiting, losing, loving and questioning' Anna Mathur, author of Know Your Worth'The voices of the contributors are necessarily varied, but they are unified by fascinating and moving insights' Julia Bueno, author of The Brink of Being
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-80018-287-5
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum21.03.2024
Seiten304 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 127 mm, Höhe 195 mm, Dicke 31 mm
Gewicht378 g
Artikel-Nr.60621820
Rubriken

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - xi

Disenfranchised Grief

The Story Which Does Not Have an End by Alice Jolly - 3

Pronatalism and Me: Waking up from the Trance of Motherhood by Jody Day - 14

A Nearly Life' by Rosie Wilby - 24

The Unspoken Trauma of Almost-Motherhood by Noni Martins - 29

Small, Soft, Grey Pig by Laura Barton - 38

Society

A Historical Perspective on Women Without Children by Emma Duval - 47

The Silence of Shame by Yvonne John - 57

Grief is Not a Competition by Alice Rose - 71

Other People' Problems by Gemma Stone - 79

Choice

Elodie by Hilary Freeman - 89

Flashbacks and Tricycles: Chosen Childlessness and Trauma Disorders by Quinn Clark - 102

Decisions by Sophia Money-Coutts - 117

Happy Ending' by Seetal Savla - 124

Parenting

Self-portrait, Pregnant by Miranda Ward - 137

The Baby Loss Diaries by Nana-Adwoa Mbeutcha - 153

Loss as a Superpower by Tom Wateracre - 173

The Baby Loss Diaries by Donald Mbeutcha - 181

Living

Eshet Chayil by Sarah Lewis - 197

Work in Progress by Rageshri Dhairyawan - 210

Notes from Here by Kat Brown - 220

Imogen and Delilah by Natalie Sutherland - 235

Hard Glad by Stella Duffy - 247

Resources - 257

Acknowledgements - 263

Supporters - 266
mehr

Autor

Kat Brown is a freelance journalist and commentator whose work, covering arts and entertainment as well as her experience with infertility and adult ADHD diagnosis, has appeared across national print and broadcast. She has published two books within one month of each other (which is very ADHD), No One Talks About This Stuff (ed.) and It's Not A Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult. She loves horse riding, tarot, and quizzes, and captained The Jillies on BBC Two's Only Connect arguably the greatest quiz show in existence. Kat lives in south London with her husband, their dog, and two appalling cats.