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"how she could simply have another baby. Suggesting she could look forward to another pregnancy felt like a betrayal, swapping one baby for the next, and there was no guarantee it was even possible." pg xxiii

"we learned that people have created their own mourning and grieving rituals to commemorate their losses in the absence of societally proscribed ones. This ad hoc effort includes the making or buying of totems, and there's a growing online marketplace devoted to jewelry, keepsake boxes, and other talismans that intend to make the intangible tangible." pg xxxii

"Colleen was shocked by how infrequently people would talk about what happened; some of her family never even mentioned it once. She felt like she couldn't talk about it either. After her stillborn son, a priest told Rebecca that he didn't need to pray for the baby because he was already in heaven, so she shouldn't feel sad." pg xxiii

"Suggesting she could look forward to another pregnancy felt like a betrayal, swapping one baby for the next, and there was no guarantee it was even possible." page xxiii

wow, this book sucks

First impression - prob a DNF.

UMMMM WHAT?!?! I just got done reading to 181 and I have to have a breather. WHAT? What did I just read???? Oh my GOD!?!

what????

head empty, only WHAT?

if i have to keep reading this for class, i am definitely logging it every time.