Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
by:
Joyce Bean (author)
Martha Beck (author)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781452636320 (145263632X)
Publish date: February 13th 2012
Publisher: Tantor Media
Edition language: English
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 ...
DNF
Right off the bat, I'm going to say that I disagree with the "blurb" that describes this book. Sociologist Martha Beck and her then-husband, John, learn that she is carrying a fetus with Down syndrome, and there are some significant problems both in the pregnancy and their lives as Harvard graduate...
a definite 3.5 if i could. the first half-2/3 of this book is an easy 4, and the second part a 3. beautifully written.
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