# Life, Almost

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- Authors: [Jennie Agg](https://www.bookquiver.com/jennie-agg)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2023-02-09

## Description

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.

## Editions

### Life, Almost

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-18-0499-576-1
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2024-09-26
- Language: en_GB

### Life, Almost

- Publisher: transworld_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2919-294-0
- Published: 2023-02-09
- Language: en_GB

### Life, Almost

- Publisher: transworld_digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 10 h 14 min
- Narrated by: Jennie Agg
- ISBN: 978-15-2990-684-4
- Published: 2023-02-09
- Language: en_GB