{"product_id":"9781804995761","title":"Life, Almost : Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard\n\u003cbr\u003e'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia Bueno\n\u003cbr\u003e'Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written' Pippa Vosper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Agg's path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy - as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook - Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e· Why are we told miscarriage can't be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e· Why is it normal not to tell anyone you're pregnant for the first three months? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e· Why don't we know why labour starts? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, Life, Almost is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin (Transworld)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49238004531427,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781804995761-1.jpg?v=1788412210","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781804995761","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}