Bauch frei!

Bestselling author and columnist Marlene Hellene writes about nine months in a woman's life that are highly charged with social attributions and expectations. She addresses what hardly anyone talks about, but which is nevertheless real: the doubts (Was this really a good idea?), the physical strain (Where is the promised glow?) - and above all the fact that the pregnant body suddenly becomes common property (Does my body still belong to me or does it already belong to everyone else?), how encroachment and pressure of expectations affect women and how much they have to fight for self-determination, especially as mothers and mothers-to-be. An overdue plea for a new gut feeling. "If you think pregnant women should shut up, this book will drive you crazy. For everyone else, it's an enlightening and enriching read, part funny, part reassuring, and part infuriating. In other words, just right." Margaret Stokowski.