The Sound of Silence: Journey Through Miscarriage

The Sound of Silence: Journey Through Miscarriage

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Author: Irma Gold
Format: Paperback, 133mm x 203mm, 178 pages
Published: Wombat Books, Australia, 2011

The doctors used words like 'products of conception' and 'missed abortion' which stung and pulled at my heart. She will always be a baby to me. After the miscarriage I sank into a deep depression. I kept everything inside and tried to act normally. But suddenly it seemed that every second woman on the street was pregnant, or had a baby. Each of them was an individual punch in the guts, a reminder of what I hadn't been able to do. I found myself in a foreign state - this place called Loss. Even though I knew there were countless other people who had been there, I felt isolated. Miscarriage is so common and yet within our culture it is an unspeakable subject. Women often grieve alone, mourning a child they have never met but whose future they have already imagined. It is a private, hidden kind of grief. A grief that gets gagged, buried, overlooked, dismissed, and stuffed into small corners - only to bubble up at unexpected moments. In The Sound of Silence twenty-two women speak out about their experiences of miscarriage. These are stories of loss and loneliness, hope and joy, strength and courage, and, most of all, overwhelming love. They are a reminder to all women who have experienced a miscarriage that they are not alone.

Irma Gold is an award-winning author and editor. She currently works freelance for publishers big and small, and was Convener of Editing at the University of Canberra for a decade. Irma has edited a range of fiction, nonfiction, YA and children's books, and is the editor of a number of anthologies.

Author: Irma Gold
Year of Publication: 2011
Genre: Pregnancy & Parenting
Format: Paperback

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Author: Irma Gold
Format: Paperback, 133mm x 203mm, 178 pages
Published: Wombat Books, Australia, 2011

The doctors used words like 'products of conception' and 'missed abortion' which stung and pulled at my heart. She will always be a baby to me. After the miscarriage I sank into a deep depression. I kept everything inside and tried to act normally. But suddenly it seemed that every second woman on the street was pregnant, or had a baby. Each of them was an individual punch in the guts, a reminder of what I hadn't been able to do. I found myself in a foreign state - this place called Loss. Even though I knew there were countless other people who had been there, I felt isolated. Miscarriage is so common and yet within our culture it is an unspeakable subject. Women often grieve alone, mourning a child they have never met but whose future they have already imagined. It is a private, hidden kind of grief. A grief that gets gagged, buried, overlooked, dismissed, and stuffed into small corners - only to bubble up at unexpected moments. In The Sound of Silence twenty-two women speak out about their experiences of miscarriage. These are stories of loss and loneliness, hope and joy, strength and courage, and, most of all, overwhelming love. They are a reminder to all women who have experienced a miscarriage that they are not alone.

Irma Gold is an award-winning author and editor. She currently works freelance for publishers big and small, and was Convener of Editing at the University of Canberra for a decade. Irma has edited a range of fiction, nonfiction, YA and children's books, and is the editor of a number of anthologies.