{"product_id":"9781558618442","title":"Ghostbelly","description":"Author: Elizabeth Heineman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781558618442\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 May 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this courageous memoir, Elizabeth Heineman \"illuminates the complex emotional landscape of stillbirth-putting into frank and poetic words the unspeakable experience of simultaneously grieving and mothering a baby who has died\" (Deborah L. Davis).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhostbelly\u003c\/i\u003e is Elizabeth Heineman's personal account of a home birth that goes tragically wrong-ending in a stillbirth-and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes this sound unsettling? Of course. We're not supposed to hold and caress dead bodies. But then again, babies aren't supposed to die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with her own accounts of mourning, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830040285342,"sku":"ADS-9781558618442","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781558618442.jpg?v=1778558798","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781558618442","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}