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naomilouisamay's review against another edition
4.0
Relevant to anyone parenting in Australia. Whilst it is capable to have easy pregnancies with straightforward births and post partum periods within Australia's public health care, many of my friends, myself included, can relate to the struggles described within Kon-yu's journey.
classyklassen's review
4.5
okay tbh I picked this up thinking that it was a book about fast fashion and sweatshops because of the name (the the actual physical cost of the labour of creating things) but this was actually a book about pregnancy (like that sort of labourðŸ˜ðŸ˜) i think j got it mixed up with the documentary called "the true cost". anyway, despite walking in prepared for something completely different, for the first half of the book I was certain this was a 5 star read. it lost me a bit towards the end and it started to become a bit more ramble-y which happen when books are intially an essay and then get turned into a book (which I'm pretty sure was the case for this). while it may not be my no. 1 favourite of the year, this is such an important book and really opened my eyes to a lot of issues and clarified them astoundingly. this was also written by an Australian woman so what this woman went through and what she talked about will probably be experienced by lots of the women around me in the upcoming years. i really really urge people to pick this up, so so informative and engaging and aware, pls pls read!
mince's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Abortion
Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma
carrrmen's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
georgiedole's review against another edition
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.25
A scary book at times simply as it displayed the reality of the female experience with childbirth and parenting.
tklassy's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
It is great to now have the addition of a feminist based discussion of mothering, parenting, labour, and pregnancy in the Australian context to add to the feminist cannon on this topic.