| Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood Contributor(s): Steingraber, Sandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425189996 ISBN-13: 9780425189993 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: Using her scientist's eye to study the biological drama of new life being knit from the molecules of air, food, and water flowing into her body, the author of "Living Downstream" looks at the environmental hazards that now threaten pregnant and breastfeeding women, and examines the effects these toxins can have on a child. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Pregnancy & Childbirth - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: 618.2 |
| LCCN: 2003041482 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As an ecologist, Sandra Steingraber spent her professional life observing how living things interact with their environments. Now, 38 and pregnant, she had become a habitat--for a population of one. Having Faith is Steingraber's exploration of the intimate ecology of motherhood. Using her scientist's eye to study the biological drama of new life being knit from the molecules of air, food, and water flowing into her body, she looks at the environmental hazards that now threaten pregnant and breastfeeding women, and examines the effects these toxins can have on a child. Having Faith makes the metamorphosis of a few cells into a baby astonishingly vivid, and the dangers to human reproduction urgently real. |