This was one of the most thorough collections of miscarriage memoirs I have read thus far. I am including it on this blog primarily for my own reading record, knowing no one will read this book that doesn't have to. It's not happy, it's not reassuring. But for someone who has experienced miscarriage or stillbirth, it is comforting in its sense of community. Its many contributors silently scream, "you are not alone!" as you read every possible variety of stories. There are stories of parents that have lost one baby and stories of parents that have lost several; there are parents that experienced infertility, and those that did not even want to get pregnant, did, and then felt crushing grief when their baby's life was extinguished; there are parents that went on to have more children, parents that chose to adopt, and parents that decided they would no longer pursue a family. Some accounts were more difficult to read than others, and some mirrored what I experienced and how I felt more than others, but I am glad I read each one.
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