Invisible earthquake : a woman's journal through & still birth.
Malika Ndlovu takes us right into the heart of her grief - the loss of her third child, who was stillborn. The book breaks the silence around stillbirth, often seen as a non-event, something women are expected to ""get over"" as soon as possible, Invisible Earthquake is placed in...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Modjaji Books,
2009
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Malika Ndlovu takes us right into the heart of her grief - the loss of her third child, who was stillborn. The book breaks the silence around stillbirth, often seen as a non-event, something women are expected to ""get over"" as soon as possible, Invisible Earthquake is placed in the wider South African context by Sue Fawcus, who writes tenderly and expertly about stillbirth from the point of view of an obstetrician, and by Zubeida Bassadien and Muriel Johnstone, social workers who accompany women going through this shattering experience. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (92 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-84). |
| ISBN: | 9781920397104 1920397108 128306345X 9781283063456 9786613063458 6613063452 1920397604 9781920397609 1920397469 9781920397463 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
