In The Spirit Of Homebirth: Modern Women, An Ancient Choice

Description

IN THE SPIRIT OF HOMEBIRTH collects stories that celebrate the beauty and power of giving birth. Here are women from indigenous communities, of diverse socioeconomic classes and religions, in urban and rural settings. Partners describe the awe of watching a loved one bring new life into the world, children write sweetly about getting a baby brother or sister, and midwives and doulas tell us what it is like to aid women on their journeys.

Writer and improvisational performance artist Bronwyn Preece wrote the children's books Gulf Islands Alphabet and the upcoming Off-the-Grid Kid. The pioneer of earthBODYment, an eco-somatic exploratory approach to immersion in our surroundings, she also performs and gives workshops around the world. In 2000 she helped establish a land cooperative in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, which is where she lives today.

"Beyond inspiring! The book feels like a real and welcoming community-we get the stories, but also recipes, ideas, perspectives."-Ariel Gore, Editor/Publisher of Hip Mama "A kaleidoscopic perspective on the experience."-Marcia Jarmel, Producer/Director of Born in the USA "These illustrated memoirs, all by mothers and fathers in British Columbia, are celebratory endorsements of the homebirth process."-BC Bookworld "This edited volume of modern BC birthing stories will be a compelling read for anyone with a personal or professional interest in the rich drama of childbirth." -Megan J. Davies, BC Studies "This is the kind of book one hopes will keep getting reprinted and updated for as long as it takes for home birthing to be seen as not only possible but as healthy and completely normal." -Katie Presley, Bitch Magazine