Ghostbelly

An honest account of a common experience (stillbirth) that is rarely discussed.Brings up the controversies that rage about home-birth vs. medicalized birth. When this mother of a stillbirth decides to spend time with the body before burial, she challenges all our notions of how to deal with death, and what part a physical body might have in the grieving process. Has been excerpted on Salon.com, generating hundreds of comments and Facebook «likes.»In this age of tiger moms, mommy blogs, and proliferating parenting forums, this book offers an intimate and thoughtful view of birthing options and alternative families. Well-known scholar (history, women's/gender studies) writes her first nonacademic work. Award-worthy book with great potential for book clubs, reading groups, and word-of-mouth buzz.