An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, (Paperback)

from uttara82

Of course, it is about grief and grieving. I knew that when I added the book to my 'Planning to Read' list. But it does not, let's use a phrase McCracken uses in her book, it does not 'take you by the throat', it does not leave you shaking with racking sobs. It did not make me weep the way I did ...

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It's hard to imagine anything more devastating than the death of a newborn at birth. Elizabeth McCracken describes this experience in her memoir, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination. The stillbirth of the baby she and her husband refer to as "Pudding" is the centerpiece of the narrati...

from dms02

Just finished this book and all I can saw is wow. This is so beautifully written. There are parts that were such amazing moments - pieces that I will forever remember. I am no authority on who should read this. I would want to say that in the unity of motherhood all mothers would take something m...

from jordgubben

I found this book extraordinarily helpful as I navigated the grief associated with a pregnancy loss. While the physical aspects of our losses were different, many of the emotional aspects she described were the same. In fact, I read the book with a highlighter in hand marking the passages that ex...

from uttara82

Of course, it is about grief and grieving. I knew that when I added the book to my 'Planning to Read' list. But it does not, let's use a phrase McCracken uses in her book, it does not 'take you by the throat', it does not leave you shaking with racking sobs. It did not make me weep the way I did ...