What I Thought I Knew
Author: Cohen, Alice Eve
ISBN: 9780143117650
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 25 May 2010
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"Darkly hilarious...an unexpected bundle of joy." br> -i>O, The Oprah Magazine/i> /b> br>br> Alice Cohen was happy for the first time in years. After a difficult divorce, she had a new love in her life, she was rais-ing a beloved adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Then she started experiencing mysterious symptoms. After months of tests, x-rays, and inconclusive diagnoses, Alice underwent a CAT scan that revealed the truth- she was six months pregnant. br>br> At age forty-four, with no prenatal care and no insurance coverage for a high-risk pregnancy, Alice was besieged by opinions from doctors and friends about what was ethical, what was loving, what was right. With the intimacy of a diary and the suspense of a thriller, i>What I Thought I Knew/i> is a ruefully funny, wickedly candid tale; a story of hope and renewal that turns all of the "knowns" upside down.BR>BR>b>"Darkly hilarious...an unexpected bundle of joy." br> -i>O, The Oprah Magazine/i> /b> br>br> Alice Cohen was happy for the first time in years. After a difficult divorce, she had a new love in her life, she was rais-ing a beloved adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Then she started experiencing mysterious symptoms. After months of tests, x-rays, and inconclusive diagnoses, Alice underwent a CAT scan that revealed the truth- she was six months pregnant. br>br> At age forty-four, with no prenatal care and no insurance coverage for a high-risk pregnancy, Alice was besieged by opinions from doctors and friends about what was ethical, what was loving, what was right. With the intimacy of a diary and the suspense of a thriller, i>What I Thought I Knew/i> is a ruefully funny, wickedly candid tale; a story of hope and renewal that turns all of the "knowns" upside down.
ISBN: 9780143117650
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 25 May 2010
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"Darkly hilarious...an unexpected bundle of joy." br> -i>O, The Oprah Magazine/i> /b> br>br> Alice Cohen was happy for the first time in years. After a difficult divorce, she had a new love in her life, she was rais-ing a beloved adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Then she started experiencing mysterious symptoms. After months of tests, x-rays, and inconclusive diagnoses, Alice underwent a CAT scan that revealed the truth- she was six months pregnant. br>br> At age forty-four, with no prenatal care and no insurance coverage for a high-risk pregnancy, Alice was besieged by opinions from doctors and friends about what was ethical, what was loving, what was right. With the intimacy of a diary and the suspense of a thriller, i>What I Thought I Knew/i> is a ruefully funny, wickedly candid tale; a story of hope and renewal that turns all of the "knowns" upside down.BR>BR>b>"Darkly hilarious...an unexpected bundle of joy." br> -i>O, The Oprah Magazine/i> /b> br>br> Alice Cohen was happy for the first time in years. After a difficult divorce, she had a new love in her life, she was rais-ing a beloved adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Then she started experiencing mysterious symptoms. After months of tests, x-rays, and inconclusive diagnoses, Alice underwent a CAT scan that revealed the truth- she was six months pregnant. br>br> At age forty-four, with no prenatal care and no insurance coverage for a high-risk pregnancy, Alice was besieged by opinions from doctors and friends about what was ethical, what was loving, what was right. With the intimacy of a diary and the suspense of a thriller, i>What I Thought I Knew/i> is a ruefully funny, wickedly candid tale; a story of hope and renewal that turns all of the "knowns" upside down.
