Angela Garbes

Like a Mother

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A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhood
Like most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta and how does it function? How does a body go into labor? Why is breast best? Is wine totally off-limits? But as she soon discovered, it’s not easy to find satisfying answers. Your obstetrician will cautiously quote statistics; online sources will scare you with conflicting and often inaccurate data; and even the most trusted books will offer information with a heavy dose of judgment. To educate herself, the food and culture writer embarked on an intensive journey of exploration, diving into the scientific mysteries and cultural attitudes that surround motherhood to find answers to questions that had only previously been given in the form of advice about what women ought to do—rather than allowing them the freedom to choose the right path for themselves.
In Like a Mother, Garbes offers a rigorously researched and compelling look at the physiology, biology, and psychology of pregnancy and motherhood, informed by in-depth reportage and personal experience. With the curiosity of a journalist, the perspective of a feminist, and the intimacy and urgency of a mother, she explores the emerging science behind the pressing questions women have about everything from miscarriage to complicated labors to postpartum changes. The result is a visceral, full-frontal look at what’s really happening during those nine life-altering months, and why women deserve access to better care, support, and information.
Infused with humor and born out of awe, appreciation, and understanding of the female body and its strength, Like a Mother debunks common myths and dated assumptions, offering guidance and camaraderie to women navigating one of the biggest and most profound changes in their lives.
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229 printed pages
Publication year
2018
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  • Susana Lariosshared an impression4 years ago
    💡Learnt A Lot

    En Like a mother, la autora hace un recorrido fascinante por todas aquellas cosas que poco se dicen sobre la maternidad: los lugares oscuros y las emociones que se experimentan. El libro es conmovedor e impactante.

  • Mon Margoshared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading

Quotes

  • Mon Margohas quoted4 years ago
    We are still at a point where we lack stories—diverse stories—about pregnancy and motherhood. Only if we tell and hear these stories do we have a chance at understanding the experience, of making progress. Only if we see these stories as inherently valuable will we appreciate women as we should. Only then will we have the chance of creating a society that listens to, champions, and supports us for the marvelously strong and vulnerable beings that we are.
  • Mon Margohas quoted4 years ago
    To be a mother is to be on intimate, daily terms with conflict, sadness, joy, anger—all the big emotions, all of them urgent, right there under the skin ready to jump out. You can’t live in the close proximity of an infant’s cries, a toddler’s frustration, a child’s squeals, without some of that intensity affecting you.
  • Mon Margohas quoted4 years ago
    hen it comes to motherhood, we tend to gloss over, ignore, judge, or, even worse, pathologize difficult emotions. Intentionally or not, we shame and isolate women who don’t have the joyful pregnancy and postpartum experiences our culture expects rather than helping or really making an effort to understand them.

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