Screen LibraryMay cause love : an unexpected journey of enlightenment after abortion /
"In this powerful memoir, told with fierce honesty and surprising humor, a young woman goes on a journey of healing after abortion--a road trip across the United States with a diverse crew of spiritual teachers and a caravan of new friends. Nineteen years old, a thousand miles from her Kentucky...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"In this powerful memoir, told with fierce honesty and surprising humor, a young woman goes on a journey of healing after abortion--a road trip across the United States with a diverse crew of spiritual teachers and a caravan of new friends. Nineteen years old, a thousand miles from her Kentucky home, Kassi Underwood sat in a doctor's office, shaking with fear. She was pregnant--and broke, unwed, and struggling with alcohol. In a decision that obliterated her southern moral code, she checked into an abortion clinic. Afterward, to her surprise, she felt free. Three years later, accomplishing h Underwood sat in a doctor's office, pregnant, broke, nineteen, unwed, and struggling with alcohol. In a decision that obliterated her southern moral code, she checked into an abortion clinic. Three years later, her accomplishments left her unfulfilled and thinking about the pregnancy she didn't keep. In the depths of despair, Underwood created her own road map of recovery, traveling across the United States on a journey of self-discovery that enraged her, changed her, and ultimately enlightened her. |
| Carrier Form: | 338 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-338). |
| ISBN: |
9780062458636 0062458639 |
| Index Number: | HQ767 |
| CLC: |
R169.42-05 C913.1 D771.281 |
| Call Number: | D771.281/U562 |
| Contents: | Email to my new friend from the Internet -- The first noble truth. Hell ; The end of April ; Crazy love ; The bathroom is my prayer temple ; One of those postabortion meltdowns in which I question my place in the afterlife ; "Rock-bottom loser entertaining offers from several religions" -- Abortion rites for better living. My apology ; Suspicious minds ; Secret invisible baby friend ; Thirty seconds of grief ; How to take up space ; Another underground movement ; Animal therapy ; Manifesto of the Three Billion Sluts ; A marginally advanced understanding of my mother ; Wild woman ; Travels wi |