Britta's review
Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
by Martha Beck
Britta's review
Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic by Martha Beck
Britta's review
rating:
"...you'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been hurt by remaining closed."
"...then I understood. She was talking about the soothing, singsong language mothers speak spontaneously when they talk to babies. Baby talk is found in all nations, all cultures; it is the original Mother Tongue. It translates across any language barrier because it is more about music than about words; the sounds themselves, not their meaning, give comfort and support."
"When he got home, the sun came out."
"...the word mother is more powerful when it is used as a verb than as a noun. Mothering has little to do with biological reproduction - as another friend once told me, there are women who bear and raise children without ever mothering them, and there are people (both male and female) who mother all their lives without ever giving birth."
"Real magic doesn't come from achieving the perfect appearance, from being Cinderella at the ball w...more
"...then I understood. She was talking about the soothing, singsong language mothers speak spontaneously when they talk to babies. Baby talk is found in all nations, all cultures; it is the original Mother Tongue. It translates across any language barrier because it is more about music than about words; the sounds themselves, not their meaning, give comfort and support."
"When he got home, the sun came out."
"...the word mother is more powerful when it is used as a verb than as a noun. Mothering has little to do with biological reproduction - as another friend once told me, there are women who bear and raise children without ever mothering them, and there are people (both male and female) who mother all their lives without ever giving birth."
"Real magic doesn't come from achieving the perfect appearance, from being Cinderella at the ball w...more
