Increase

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purpura, Lia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnant women--United States--Biography.

Pregnant women.

Mothers--United States--Biography.

Mothers.

Pregnancy.

Childbirth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages)

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Swarthmore, Pa Swarthmore apiaries 1905

Summary:

Increase is Lia Purpura's chronicle of her pregnancy, the birth of her son, Joseph, and the first year of his life. She recounts her journey with the heightened awareness of a mother-to-be and through the eyes of a poet, from the moment she confirms her pregnancy as "A blue X slowly crosses itself, first one arm, then the other in the small white window of the test," through "the X of his crossed feet in sleep" as her child's world begins. Purpura's sensibility transcends the facts of personal experience to enfold the dramatically changing shape of a larger, complex world. These closely knit essays portray the rhythms of a new mother's life as it is challenged and transformed in nearly every aspect, from the emotions of wildness, loss, need, and desire to the outward progress-and interruption-of her work and activities. Increase offers us motherhood at an extraordinary pitch, recording, absorbing, and revisiting experiences from a multitude of angles. Purpura presents her story of discovery with unequaled eloquence, grace, and power.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright Page

Dedication

acknowledgments

birth ) january 16 , 1997.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780820348629

0820348627