Bibliograph

Birth notes, a memoir of hysteria, Jessica Cornwell

Type

Label

Birth notes, a memoir of hysteria, Jessica Cornwell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Birth notes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jessica Cornwell

Sub title

a memoir of hysteria

Summary

Following the birth of her first children, twin boys, Jessica Cornwell collapsed in a fever. Rushed back to hospital, she was initially dismissed, before a lifethreatening infection was diagnosed. Alone, recovering, watching her body bruise and break, a curious thing happened: she stopped feeling. At home, the numbness remained. Nursing her boys through jaundice, learning to breastfeed, slowly reemerging into a world where other mothers seemed to cope, Jessica hid her secret, she felt no love, only fear. Worse, vivid memories began to surface, of moments in her past she thought buried. Jessica began to name, one by one, the shadows that returned to haunt her first year as a mother. And in claiming back the words, she fought to claim back her life and the love she bore her young family. "Birth Notes" is the story, luminous, breathtaking and courageous, of forging a self from fragments. With eloquent rage and searing honesty, it speaks for the unvoiced and shines a light on maternal mental health. It is the love story of a mother for her children and a woman for herself

Target audience

adult

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