Hachette India

The Brink of Being

Julia Bueno

'Illuminating and consoling' JULIA SAMUEL author of GRIEF WORKS

Though approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage it remains a rarely talked about under-researched and largely misunderstood area of women's health. This profoundly necessary book - the first comprehensive portrait of the psychological emotional medical and cultural aspects of miscarriage - aims to help break that silence.

In this groundbreaking book psychotherapist Julia Bueno draws on historical and psychological research alongside her personal story and those of people she's helped. Straightforward and supportive she shines a light on the different ways that miscarriages can happen and how we might allow for our grief offer comfort and break the silence.

***Winner of the British Medical Association Popular Medicine Book Award***

'It's the sort of book that women have long been searching for and it feels like real progress. I'm so thankful she wrote it' MEAGHAN O'CONNELL author of And Now We Have Everything

'Profound insight rare courage' ZOE WILLIAMS

'Opening the door to more candid conversations' OBSERVER

'Intuitive and compassionate' SATHNAM SANGHERA

***Runner-Up - The British Psychological Society Book Award 2021***

Julia Bueno

Julia Bueno practises full-time as a psychotherapist in London. Her first book The Brink of Being: Talking about Miscarriage won the British Medical Association Popular Medicine Book Award and was the runner-up for the The British Psychological Society Book Award 2021.

She has a particular expertise in working with women and men who have experienced a loss in pregnancy or a struggle to conceive. She was a trustee of the Miscarriage Association and now runs a support group for the organization. Her writing has been published in The Times The Sunday Times The Express Therapy Today and welldoing.org.