false 6390349 3 <B>A personal and medical odyssey beyond anything most women would believe possible</B><BR> At age forty-four, Alice Eve Cohen was happy for the first time in years. After a difficult divorce, she was engaged to an inspiring man, joyfully raising her adopted daughter, and her career was blossoming. Alice tells her fiancé that she’s never been happier. And then the stomach pains begin. <BR><BR> In her unflinchingly honest and ruefully witty voice, Alice nimbly carries us through her metamorphosis from a woman who has come to terms with infertility to one who struggles to love a heartbeat found in her womb – six months into a high-risk pregnancy.<BR><BR> <I>What I Thought I Knew</I> is a page-turner filled with vivid characters, humor, and many surprises and twists of fate. With the suspense of a thriller and the intimacy of a diary, Cohen describes her unexpected journey through doubt, a broken medical system, and the hotly contested terrain of motherhood and family in today’s society. Timely and compelling, <I>What I Thought I Knew</I> will capture readers of memoirs such as <I>Eat, Pray, Love</i>; <i>The Glass Castle</I>; and <I>A Three Dog Life</I>. 6578752 9 7 2009 What I Thought I Knew: A Memoir total:205|5:7|4:26|3:20|2:6|1:0| 205 748 675 81 5 2 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 00:22:09 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 00:23:34 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 07:16:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 07:26:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 07:46:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 07:54:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 24 10:22:21 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 10:22:31 -0700 2009 That she was in love with her soul mate.
That she had a beautiful adopted daughter.
At 44 she had finally enabled her dream life style and financial situation.
It was medically impossible for her to get pregnant.

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44 year old Alice was sick. Months of tests and doctor's exams left her with a portfolio of diagnosis--early menopause, a bladder disorder, middle age loss of muscle tone, a malformed reproductive system because of her mother's use of DES, sore breasts from wearing underwire br...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 20:46:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 06:53:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 15:25:21 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:45:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 20 12:35:46 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 12:40:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 20:21:21 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 20:24:41 -0700 2009
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