Life, Almost Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood

<b>''Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate'' </b>Leah Hazard<br>''<b>Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking'' </b>Julia Bueno<br>''<b>Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written</b>'' Pippa Vosper<br><br>After losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience.<br><br>Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation,<i> Life, Almost </i>documents Agg''s path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy - as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook - Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives:<br><br>· <i>Why are we told miscarriage can''t be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos?</i><br><br>· <i>Why is it normal not to tell anyone you''re pregnant for the first three months? </i><br><br>· <i>Why don''t we know why labour starts? </i><br><br>Drawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, <i>Life, Almost </i>is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.