Ugly Babies Volume II |
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Author:
| Kirk, James |
Series title: | Ugly Babies Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-615-91208-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
Publisher: | James Ward Kirk Publishing
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $10.55 |
Book Description:
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There's nothing quite like the birth of a child. Children are born in our likenesses... we treasure their beauty, their innocence, and marvel as they take their first breaths outside of their mother's womb. In a perfect world, babies are miracles. But as we know, the world is not always perfect. "... then something like a stick insect, enormous bulging eyes among stiff fragilities that were limbs... a small girl all blurred, her flesh guttering and melting... a doll with chalky swollen...
More DescriptionThere's nothing quite like the birth of a child. Children are born in our likenesses... we treasure their beauty, their innocence, and marvel as they take their first breaths outside of their mother's womb. In a perfect world, babies are miracles. But as we know, the world is not always perfect. "... then something like a stick insect, enormous bulging eyes among stiff fragilities that were limbs... a small girl all blurred, her flesh guttering and melting... a doll with chalky swollen eyes, its eyes wide and blank, like blue ponds, and its mouth open, showing a swollen little tongue. A lanky boy was skewed, one half of his body sliding from the other. A child seemed at first glance normal, but then Harriet saw there was no back to its head; it was all face, which seemed to scream at her." -- from Doris Lessing's Fifth Child What happens when we allow ourselves to conceptualize the horrible possibilities -- the terrifying consequences of childbirth gone wrong -- the unimaginable monstrosity that might be born into this world, or perhaps another -- the worst case scenario of what could but shouldn't be?