Great Expectations Ed 2: Twenty-Five True Stories about Childbirth

RELEASE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:

We are planning to release the book to coincide with International Women’s Day; while not all essays are written by women, the collection is an important testament to and exploration of women’s multi-faceted experiences of motherhood and parenthood.

EXCELLENT RECEPTION OF ORIGINAL EDITION:

The original edition was very well received by critics and consumers alike and features content from celebrated Canadian authors: Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Lynn Coady, Governor General’s Literary Award winner Peter Behrens, and acclaimed writer, historian, and poet Afua Cooper among them.

CHALLENGING, YET ESSENTIAL:

While an overwhelming number of reference texts about childbirth and motherhood exist, rarely do we see publications devoted to the simultaneously difficult stories that are relegated to the world of unspoken taboo - trauma, adoption, miscarriage, artificial insemination, and of course the impossible-to-articulate, sublime joy that accompanies the tumultuous journey of becoming parents.