Birth
  • Published: 1 February 2007
  • ISBN: 9780701181192
  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $45.00

Birth

A History

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28 Feb 2011
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1 Feb 2007
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This page-turning and jaw-dropping history of childbirth is 'a wonder of a book... a must read for anyone who's ever been born' (Mary Roach).

The engaging and eye-opening story of how we and our ancestors entered the world.

Through the frigid, blurry January weeks after George was born, I found myself suddenly housebound with time to ruminate - though not time to cook or take a shower. When George was peaceful, my mind returned to that nagging question: why is birth so hit and miss after all this time? I needed to put into perspective my own experience. I needed to know what other women, in other cultures, in other times had done.

Birth is a book that will open the eyes of even the most informed experts on the subject. Cassidy looks at every aspect of childbirth - from fathers and mothers to doctors and widwives across the centuries - with admirable objectivity in a work that is utterly gripping, occasionally shocking and essential reading for the human race.
  • Published: 1 February 2007
  • ISBN: 9780701181192
  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Tina Cassidy

Tina Cassidy has been a journalist for more than fifteen years, covering subjects as diverse as politics, sports, business and fashion. She lives in Boston with her husband and their two sons.

Praise for Birth

Wonderful... Packed full of information, a brilliant mixture of ancient wisdom and modern science

Kate Mosse

Finally, a literate and well-informed history of childbirth... A liberating look at how assumptions have changed of what a good childbirth is supposed to be

Naomi Wolf

Cassidy is determined to wipe the Vaseline from the lens... There is a collective, willful amnesia about birth that has been begging for her clear-headed dissipation

New York Times Book Review

Fantastic... a darkly witty guide through the birthing hut

New York Magazine

A lively, engaging and often witty read; a quirky, eye-opening account of one of life's most elemental experiences

Boston Globe