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Ramaswamy, Chitra

 
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Synopsis

A cartoon fried egg. An eye. The tiniest of black holes. It needed a professional eye to be seen, but once pointed out it was undeniable. My own little Big Bang. The beginning of it all. When Chitra Ramaswamy discovered she was pregnant, she longed for a book that went above and beyond a biology book or manual; one that, instead, got to the very heart of this overwhelming, confusing and exciting experience. So, she wrote Expecting. This memoir tells a different kind of truth, taking the reader on a physical, emotional and philosophical odyssey through pregnancy. Childbearing and childbirth are experiences defined both by the measurable changes to one’s life and body, and by those changes which can only be accessed through metaphor, art and emotion. Ramaswamy holds these two sides up to the light in this deeply personal yet expansive book. Exploring each of the nine months of Chitra’s pregnancy, Expecting is a book of intimate, strange, wild and lyrical essays that pay tribute to this most extraordinary and ordinary of experiences.

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À propos de l'auteur

Chitra Ramaswamy is an award-winning journalist and author with more than ten years’ experience writing for publications including The Big Issue, The Scotsman and the Guardian. Her first book, Expecting, was first published by Saraband in 2016 and won the Saltire first book of the year award, as well as being shortlisted for the Polari prize. Her second, Homelands: The History of a Friendship, was published in 2022 by Canongate. She has also contributed essays to collections including Antlers of Water, Nasty Women, The Freedom Papers, The Bi-ble and Message from the Skies.

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9781910192214: Expecting: The Inner Life of Pregnancy

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  191019221X ISBN 13 :  9781910192214
Editeur : Saraband, Inc, 2016
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