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juliabeaumont's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.75
ovenbird_reads's review against another edition
3.0
McCracken's book is a rare and welcome exploration of what it means to lose a baby before it's born. At the core of her process is the contention that "it's a happy life, and someone is missing." The message is hopeful, and yet something kept me from truly connecting with this book and allowing it to be cathartic in light of my own miscarriage. I think it had something to do with the fact that McCracken writes this book after she has already had a healthy second child. She has lost a child, but she also has a child, and I suppose if you are at a point where you have lost a child but don't have a child, and desperately want a child the comfort this book offers is diminished. At the same time McCracken makes some statements that illuminated my own experience of loss and I appreciated her cadid exploration of intense emotion and loss. This was a good book, maybe even an excellent book, but the timing might have been off for me.
katiebtatton's review against another edition
4.0
Absolutely beautifully haunting. This memoir tells the story of the author's pregnancy and subsequent stillbirth of her first child. It is real and sad and tender and touching but never sappy. I liked it very much.
luvandkiwi's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. So honest and funny, yes...but not in an inapropriate way. Perfect balance of everything...
fizapirani's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, and Child death
johnnymacaroni's review against another edition
5.0
It's hard to love such a sad story but Elizabeth's writing is so inviting...I felt like I was listening to an old friend's story...an important story. It's a difficult but rewarding read.