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Summary: A MUST READ IF YOU HAVE LOST A PREGNANCY!
Review: After loosing my first baby to miscarriage I went searching for answers to my feelings and emotions. At times I felt (and still do) like I was going totally crazy and my feelings were unjustified or an overreaction.Kim Kluger-Bell made me understand and realise that my feelings are normal and felt by many other women out there. The way she described many of the feelings and thoughts about other people could have very well be written about myself. I could really relate to what she was saying and she has made me understand that nothing is wrong with me - the problem is with society!
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Summary: An insensitive approach
Review: I bought this book just a few days ago and haven't been able to pull myself from it. The book is from the perspective of the author talking about her psychotherapy patients and what they experienced emotionally during their healing, and what she discovered in therapy administration. It wasn't really on target for me but the emotional validation was worth the reading. Its nice to be able to read something that identifies and validates a person's feelings after a traumatic procedure like this. I don't really like all the other chapters like "A father's emotions after an abortion", though it may be helpful to someone else.
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Summary: Best book on the topic
Review: I read this book when it first came out several years ago and I still think it is the best book available on the topic of pregnancy loss because it is so intelligently written and profoundly moving. Its not just a book about loss, its a book about life! I have recently read a couple of negative reviews of this book--which seem to be based solely on the fact that the author includes abortion in several short sections of the book. I was shocked and dismayed to see that someone called the book "insensitive" for including abortion--clearly that reviewer is a very angry person! I hope that no one will be discouraged from reading this book because of that, because the compassion the author brings to both the topics of miscarriage, still birth and abortion is very healing for all.
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: I read this book within a week after my premature son, born at 23 weeks, died after 21 hours. While it validates feelings of anguish and despair associated with losing a part of you, this book just didn't touch me the way I hoped it would. The author tells her own story and re-teels stories of clients who have suffered miscarriage, abortion, neonate deaths or stillbirth. While the feelings of parents who have expreienced these losses are similar, I felt they were too different to be grouped together. In my opinion, the book dealt too greatly with abortion.
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Summary: An amazing insight into a complex and emotional subject.
Review: Reading this book has been a very thought-provoking experience for me, on many levels. I have read many books on miscarriage and other forms of pregnancy loss, but none has attempted the links that this book has. The author looks at the way in which pregnancy loss is seen by Western societies and explores the resulting effects on women who lose babies in different circumstances. There is much balance and sensitivity in this book, which is a tremendous achievement for the author. What I found particularly illuminating was the way in which case studies are used to look at how losing a baby can echo previous experiences, particularly in childhood. Whilst readers are unlikely to be carbon copies of the people described in the case studies, there are many subtle threads within them to make you just stop and think, and begin the fascinating process of making connections between your own experiences. I wrote down some key quotes from it in my journal, so that I could reflect on them and see if applying them to my own experience of pregnancy loss and childhood would reveal any new interpretations for me. There are not many books which achieve that level of insight! The reference section at the back includes Internet web sites, which reflects how up to date it is. All in all, a terrific book which the author should be very proud of writing.
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Summary: Must read if you've had a loss!!!
Review: This book is broad, covering abortion as well as miscarriage. If you have had a miscarriage and can get past the pain of dealing with the fact that some people intentionally end their pregnancies, this is a great book. It covers how other cultures deal with pregnancy loss and gives you ways to work through your feelings. I have read many books about miscarriage looking for answers, a way to get through what I was feeling. This was the last book that I needed to read, it managed to give me a sense of closure that I never thought I'd find. I got this book from the library and am now buying it to have around, for the days when I need a lift.
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Summary: Must read if you've had a loss!!!
Review: This book is broad, covering abortion as well as miscarriage. If you have had a miscarriage and can get past the pain of dealing with the fact that some people intentionally end their pregnancies, this is a great book. It covers how other cultures deal with pregnancy loss and gives you ways to work through your feelings. I have read many books about miscarriage looking for answers, a way to get through what I was feeling. This was the last book that I needed to read, it managed to give me a sense of closure that I never thought I'd find. I got this book from the library and am now buying it to have around, for the days when I need a lift.
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