Increase

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Summary: Birth, a process towards self-definition.
Review: I have read a great many books on birth and motherhood not because I am a mother, but because I am a midwife. I found this book to be an extraordinary account of motherhood. "Increase" is a graceful description of pregnancy, birth, and the evolution of self-definition. It is a kind of meditation on motherhood: a poem celebrating the joy, pain, and fear associated with self exploration and determination.

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Summary: Southern Books Competition Award for Book Design
Review: This book has won the 2000 Southern Books Competition Award of Overall Excellence in book design from the Southeastern Library Association. This award is given in recognition of the book's aesthetic appeal and design, and for fine craftsmanship in its printing and binding. Congratulations to author Lia Purpura, designer Erin Kirk New, jacket illustrator Milton Avery, printer Maple-Vail Book Group, and the University of Georgia Press.