The birth of love / Joanna Kavenna.
By: Kavenna, Joanna
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Publisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2010Description: 309 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 057124517X (pbk.); 9780571245178 (pbk.).Subject(s): Childbirth -- Fiction | Motherhood -- FictionDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: In Vienna, 1865, a phyisican is ridiculed for his claim that unwashed doctor's hands are the cause of childhood fever. In present day London, a young woman plans for a home birth, unprepared for the trials she is about to endure. Somewhere in 2153, when humans are birthed and raised in breeding farms, a woman is on trial for concealing a pregnancy. -- from publisher's description.
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In Vienna, 1865, a phyisican is ridiculed for his claim that unwashed doctor's hands are the cause of childhood fever. In present day London, a young woman plans for a home birth, unprepared for the trials she is about to endure. Somewhere in 2153, when humans are birthed and raised in breeding farms, a woman is on trial for concealing a pregnancy. -- from publisher's description.