The Birth Machine

The long awaited reissue of a groundbreaking novel which exposes a woman’s experience of hi-tech childbirth and tells a gripping story of secrets buried in the past. The novel is groundbreaking in both exposing the flaws of hi-tech childbirth and foregrounding a woman’s experience of it in a vivid and intimate way. The Birth Machine is a gripping story of life and death, of ancient secrets, a long-ago murder and present-day betrayals.