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Author May, Molly Caro, author.

Title Body full of stars : female rage and my passage into motherhood / Molly Caro May.

Publication Info. Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, ©2018
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Location Call No. Status
 Southington Library - Adult  306.8743 MAY    DUE 04-17-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  618.6 MAY    Check Shelf
Description 260 pages ; 24 cm
Summary In a dark, compassionate and honest story, the author, after undergoing several unexpected health issues after the birth of her first child, shares her experiences dealing with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and what she calls female rage, and how she was able to reconnect with her body to balance physical and emotional changes.
What if labor does not end with pregnancy but continues into a mother's postpartum life? How can the fiercest love for your child and the deepest wells of grief coexist in the same moment? How has society neglected honest conversation around the significant physical changes new mothers experience? Could real healing occur if generations of women were fluent in the language of their bodies? Molly Caro May grapples with these questions as she undergoes several unexpected health issues--pelvic-floor dysfunction, incontinence, hormonal imbalance--after the birth of her first child, Eula. While she and her husband navigate the ups and downs of new parenthood, May moves between shock, sadness, and anger over her body's betrayal. She finally identifies the root of her struggle as premenstrual dysphoric disorder and so begins her exploration of what she calls female rage. The process leads May to an overdue conversation with her body in an attempt to balance the physical changes she experiences with the emotional landscape opening up before her. Body Full of Stars is dark and tender, honest and corporeal. It reveals deeper truths about how disconnected many modern women are from their bodies. Most of all, it is a celebration of the greatest story of all time: mothers and daughters, partners and co-parents, and the feminine power surging beneath it all.
Subject May, Molly Caro.
Childbirth -- Popular works.
Puerperium -- Psychological aspects.
Postnatal care -- Psychological aspects.
Postpartum depression.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Added Author Counterpoint, publisher.
ISBN 1619024896 (hardback)
9781619024892 (hardback)
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