Life, Almost

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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.

© Jennie Agg 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Critics Review

  • ‘Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate, this is the miscarriage manifesto we need’
    Leah Hazard, bestselling author of Hard Pushed

  • ‘Beautiful, powerful and important … Essential reading for anyone who lives in a world where miscarriage happens – a book for us all’
    Georgina Lucas, author of If Not For You

  • ‘An urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking book that should pioneer new conversations
    Julia Bueno, author of The Brink of Being

  • ‘A thoughtfully researched and beautifully written book’
    Pippa Vosper, author of Beyond Grief

  • ‘The perfect combination of informed personal experience and practical journalistic research. Highly recommended’
    Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room

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