Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Format - Paperback
Condition - Good
Listed - 2 years ago
Views - 12
Ships From - Michigan
Est. Publication Date - Jan 2011
Seller Description
#nonfiction#autobiography#pregnancycomplications#DownSyndrome#geneticdisordersinpregnancy#familyrelationships Description Product Description “A wonderful book, funny unbelievably tender, and smart. It shimmers.”--Anne Lamott Includes an all-new afterword about Adam. John and Martha Beck had two Harvard degrees apiece when they conceived their second child. Further graduate studies, budding careers, and a growing family meant major stress--not that they'd have admitted it to anyone (or themselves). As the pregnancy progressed, Martha battled constant nausea and dehydration. And when she learned her unborn son had Down syndrome, she battled nearly everyone over her decision to continue the pregnancy. She still cannot explain many of the things that happened to her while she was expecting Adam, but by the time he was born, Martha, as she puts it, "had to unlearn virtually everything Harvard taught [her] about what is precious and what is garbage."
Additional Information
Expecting Adam
ISBN: 9780307986207
Publisher Description
Describes how a mother struggled to cope when her unborn second child, Adam, was diagnosed with Down syndrome, her decision to keep her son, and his magical influence on her life.
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