Mother Love: Stories about Births, Babies & BeyondDebra Adelaide Birth: a rite of passage in which a woman is transformed from a well-groomed, well-organised, self-centered, carefree, childfree person into the exhausted, poo-wiping, milk-sodden, love -ravaged hero that is a new mother. Gabrielle Carey Motherlove: Births, Babies and Beyond is a wonderful collection of stories and memories from women writing about their own and others' births, their babies, and their lives beyond the moment of childbirth, when the world changed forever. Each of the writers invite the reader into their own unique world of Motherlove, that most extraordinary of loves that only mothers can experience and truly understand. The smells, the pain, the power and powerlessness, the joys, the utter exhaustion and the exhilaration, and the incredible love. Sometimes sad and moving, sometimes practical and funny, these are stories that will enthrall and delight every reader. |
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Page 93
... friendly whisper of her name , the shuffle of familiar feet , another knock , or the rattle of corrugated iron as the front door opened , but she could hear nothing beyond the inane yapping of dogs and her 93 RACHEL WARD Milk Fever.
... friendly whisper of her name , the shuffle of familiar feet , another knock , or the rattle of corrugated iron as the front door opened , but she could hear nothing beyond the inane yapping of dogs and her 93 RACHEL WARD Milk Fever.
Page 97
... milk dripping from swollen udders into the dust . Cath lived in a world where life was given and taken so frequently and with such ease that when Hughie slipped from between her thighs six months ago and took his first sobbing breath ...
... milk dripping from swollen udders into the dust . Cath lived in a world where life was given and taken so frequently and with such ease that when Hughie slipped from between her thighs six months ago and took his first sobbing breath ...
Page 140
... milk , I said again , but he didn't seem to notice . You could get biscuits without chocolate , I said . But I like chocolate , he said . There was a pause . I'm glad you're doing fine , he said , smiling without irony . Perhaps there ...
... milk , I said again , but he didn't seem to notice . You could get biscuits without chocolate , I said . But I like chocolate , he said . There was a pause . I'm glad you're doing fine , he said , smiling without irony . Perhaps there ...
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References to this book
Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians Michele Grossman No preview available - 2003 |