Martha N. Beck
Birth date: November 29, 1962
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A good self-help book which I could really have done with about 20 years ago when I started work. Now that i'm retired, it's less relevant but it contains a lot of very good advice about how to enjoy life more and put worries behind us. Recommended to all who feel that they're not getting the most o...
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
I'm not much for “self-help.” It's not my passion; because of this, I rarely buy into it. If the girl on the cover really knows what it takes to be a millionaire, why isn't she one? And if that guy is truly happy, why does he hide behind the face of an action figure? Wait, that isn't plastic, th...
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...
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