Janet Fraser's new book Born Still: A Memoir of Grief to be launched online by Dr Petra Bueskens

How did we move so far from love that a mother’s grief became the vehicle with which to punish her?

Losing a baby during childbirth is one of the most heartbreaking things imaginable. But to then be accused of causing that death is nothing short of soul-destroying.

Janet Fraser’s story shows what happens when private grief is turned into a public accusation against a woman who dared to exercise choice about how and where she gave birth.

This sobering book demonstrates the penalties dished out to women who question medical orthodoxy and to make decisions for themselves about their own bodies.

The book will be launched by:

Dr Petra Bueskens is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, a psychotherapist in private practice and a freelance opinion writer. Her books include Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities (Routledge 2018) and the edited volumes Mothering and Psychoanalysis (Demeter, 2014) and Australian Mothering: Historical and Sociological Perspectives (co-edited, Palgrave, 2020).

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