{"product_id":"the-brink-of-being-9780349010779","title":"The Brink of Being","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the British Medical Association Popular Medicine Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Illuminating and consoling'' \u003cb\u003eJULIA SAMUEL, author of \u003ci\u003eGRIEF WORKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, pregnancy loss remains a rarely talked about, under-researched, and largely misunderstood area of women''s health. This award-winning book aims to help break that silence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With empathy, warmth and honesty, psychotherapist Julia Bueno blends women''s stories (including her own) with research and analysis, exploring the effect of pregnancy loss on women and highlighting the ways in which our society fails to effectively respond to it. The result is a galvanising, urgent and moving exploration of a too-often-hidden human experience, and a crucial resource for anyone struggling with - or seeking to better understand - miscarriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''It''s the sor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA much needed book on this difficult and often unspoken loss, that of early pregnancy. Julia Bueno talks powerfully from her personal experience as well as professionally which is both illuminating and consoling\u003c\/b\u003e * Julia Samuel, author of Grief Works *\u003cbr\u003eBueno's choice of language is \u003cb\u003econsidered and thoughtful\u003c\/b\u003e, unpacking difficult issues that are so often avoided for fear of causing distress. She writes with \u003cb\u003esensitivity and compassion?\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003efilling a much-needed void in discussion \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003earound the subject, and opening the door to more candid conversations\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eintelligent, sensitive, and utterly candid \u003c\/b\u003ebook about miscarriage. Thanks to Bueno's radical empathy and openness, \u003cb\u003ethe reader comes away more consoled than heartbroken, and more curious than afraid\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eIt's the sort of book that women have long been searching for, and it feels like real progress. I'm so thankful she wrote it\u003c\/b\u003e * Meaghan O'Connell, author of And Now We Have Everything *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book of \u003cb\u003eprofound insight, rare courage and calm, searching compassion\u003c\/b\u003e. It made me reflect, not just on miscarriage, but on the solace of the intellect, and the euphoric rush of a broken silence * Zoe Williams *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia is one of the most intuitive and compassionate and curious psychotherapists around\u003c\/b\u003e, and in her approach to miscarriage all of these qualities are shown * Sathnam Sanghera *\u003cbr\u003eA thoughtful work that \u003cb\u003eidentifies and honours an important passage of life for a great many women\u003c\/b\u003e * Julia Leigh, author of Avalanche *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWise and compassionate, Bueno is the friend (and expert) you want when you or a loved one suffers miscarriage\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eThis is a profound game-changer of a book \u003c\/b\u003ethat can not only support women, but can help reshape a society that often ignores or sweeps women's issues under that proverbial rug * Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Is this Tomorrow *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written and thoroughly researched\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brink of Being \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003cb\u003evital reading\u003c\/b\u003e, both for those who have experienced miscarriage and for the people who want to support them. \u003cb\u003eI think a lot of people are going to be stronger for reading this\u003c\/b\u003e * Keith Stuart, author of The Boy Made of Blocks *\u003cbr\u003eBueno's choice of language is considered and thoughtful, unpacking difficult issues that are so often avoided for fear of causing distress. She writes with sensitivity and compassion, filling a muchneeded void in discussion around the subject, and opening the door to more candid conversations -- Katy Lindemann * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe book is most viscerally a memoir of Bueno's own first pregnancy and miscarriage . . . She argues for institutionally sanctioned rituals of mourning. But more work needs to be done to find language and practices that heal rather than harm . . . Part of Julia Bueno's point, too: there is no right or uniform way of responding to miscarriage -- Michele Pridmore-Brown * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA much needed book on this difficult and often unspoken loss, that of early pregnancy. Julia Bueno talks powerfully from her personal experience as well as professionally which is both illuminating and consoling\u003c\/b\u003e * Julia Samuel, author of Grief Works *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47846212632919,"sku":"9780349010779","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349010779.jpg?v=1710521684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-brink-of-being-9780349010779","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}