{"product_id":"9780743440097","title":"A Better Woman: A Memoir","description":"Acclaimed novelist Susan Johnson found, at age thirty-five, that her desire to have a baby became overwhelming. She had no inkling what motherhood would cost -- or give -- her. But as she went on to experience pregnancy and birth, and their impact on her marriage, health, and heart, she recorded it all. In this hauntingly lovely account, Johnson portrays a woman transformed by motherhood, and a writer forever changed by a widening chasm of experience. Her initial ecstasy jostles against bewilderment, rage, and despair, however, when she develops a rare complication of childbirth; she is \"a one-woman catastrophe, a small ruined country.\" She is also burning to get words on paper. The result, \u003ci\u003eA Better Woman,\u003c\/i\u003e should be required reading for every woman hungry to give birth -- and every mother yearning to have her deepest feelings heard.","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077040521456,"sku":"9780743440097","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743440097_p0.jpg?v=1763635481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743440097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}