''Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate'' Leah Hazard
''Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking'' Julia Bueno
''Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written'' Pippa Vosper
After losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience.
Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Agg''s path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy - as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook - Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives:
· Why are we told miscarriage can''t be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos?
· Why is it normal not to tell anyone you''re pregnant for the first three months?
· Why don''t we know why labour starts?
Drawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, Life, Almost is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.