{"product_id":"thread-by-hannah-marsh-9781786584496","title":"Thread","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe words '\u003cem\u003eCaesarean Section\u003c\/em\u003e' are powerful. They conjure up strong emotions. For some, feelings of doubt, shame, and judgement. For others, a sense of safety, relief, validation, and reassurance. But they are rarely spoken of in the ecstatic tones with which we celebrate so-called natural, or vaginal birth. They are rarely called beautiful or associated with an innate sense of feminine power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCan Caesarean birth also be magical? Mystical? Awe-inspiring? Knotting its way through history, culture, folklore, and human experience throughout the world, \u003cem\u003eThread\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to reframe the Caesarean Section on its journey through myth, magic, and medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJournalist Hannah Marsh blends the medical with the mystical, charting the development of a now common procedure, once a dance between life and death: a last-ditch attempt to save a child whose mother lay dead or dying. Weaving in the arc of her own experience, a journalist's insatiable curiosity, and the stories of women—contemporary, historical, and mythical—who endured, sacrificed, and drove developments, \u003cem\u003eThread\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching but compassionate examination of a procedure that nowadays remains both pedestrian and miraculous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363239018732,"sku":"9781786584496","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2374003482824.jpg?v=1772919069","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/thread-by-hannah-marsh-9781786584496","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}