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There is no denying it: motherhood splits a woman's life forever, into a before and an after. To this doubled life Lisa Catherine Harper brings an abundance of sense and a wry sense of humor, a will to understand the psychological and biological transformations that motherhood requires, and a narrative gift idea that any listener will love. Harper documents her own trip across this great divide as a seasoned explorer might, watching, researching, relating anecdotes and critical information. From late-night Lindy Hop dancing to crippling sciatica, morning sickness to indulgent meals, graduate training seminars to advanced ultrasounds, Harper marries scientific details with seductive insights as she uncovers the attractive strangeness of this remarkably familiar place. Pursuing Harper's first being pregnant from conception to her daughter's first term, A Double Life looks at how the biological facts of motherhood give rise to life-altering psychological and psychological changes. It shows us how motherhood transforms the feminine body, hijacks a woman's brain, and splits her life in two, creating an personality both completely new and as old as time. It charts the passage from specific to incubator, from being pregnant, labor, and nursing to language acquisition, from coupledom to the complex simple fact of family life. Harper's carefully researched story reminds us that motherhood's central joys are also its most essential transformations.
