Kirjahaku

'When a woman gives birth, she may, unwittingly, remember violent things. Ugly things. Unspoken things.'After her twins were born, Jessica Cornwell stopped feeling. Plagued by memories of a traumatic birth, wrestling with ongoing physical pain and the brutal demands of caring for two tiny babies, she struggled to experience joy and love. Instead, she was consumed by fear and haunted by recurrent thoughts of blood and danger. It was only when she received a diagnosis of post-partum PTSD and began therapy that Jessica was able to confront the secrets in her past. As she began to understand how her experience of birth had triggered her traumatic memories of sexual assault, she was finally able to integrate those memories into her identity as a mother and a survivor - and begin to heal. 'A redemptive tale of the power and wisdom of women's bodies' Leah Hazard'This book undid me... and filled me with hope' Elinor Cleghorn 'Magnificent... a work of truth, understanding, scholarship and hope' Susie Orbach'An astonishing memoir... about the intersection between birth trauma and sexual trauma, medical misogyny' Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

A breathtaking memoir of recovery told from the crux where birth trauma and sexual trauma meet.

A breathtaking memoir of recovery told from the crux where birth trauma and sexual trauma meet.

I am Anna Verco.I am no ordinary researcher. My task is to hunt a medieval manuscript, a book of alchemy and witchcraft. It was lost for centuries, hidden - or stolen. But I have found a clue. In Barcelona, just ten years ago, a trail of women were muted and mutilated to keep it secret. They have been silenced. But in a way, I hear them. Their message is meant for me.***With new book club questions and special features***

Morgenen etter sankthans blir skuespillerinnen Natalia Hernández funnet død på trappene foran den store katedralen i Barcelona. Ti år etter ankommer den unge amerikanske bokforskeren Anna Verco Barcelona på oppfordring fra den pensjonerte kriminalinspektøren Manel Fabregat. Anna oppdager en forbindelse mellom Natalia Hernández's død og et gammelt manuskript som stammer fra før Kristi fødsel, skrevet på språket til hekser og sannsigersker. "En imponerende debut av Jessica Cornwell (...) En bok jeg virkelig kan anbefale." Thorstein Buer, Demokraten (terningkast 5) «En kombinasjon av intrigene fra Da Vinci-koden og mystisismen fra Carlos Ruiz Zafons bøker ... Dette er en fengslende fortelling, der alle detaljer teller.» Financial Times «En triumf av en debut, av en ung forfatter med en utrolig fantasi.» The Times«En perle av en thriller, og med høyt kunnskapsnivå.» The Guardian