A Painful (Re)Collection

Pauline Harmange remembers the difficult decision she (and her partner) made to terminate a pregnancy in this small but potent book. Her experience led her to tell not only her own story but those of other women. The result is, as one who thinks may expect, that one can feel conflicting emotions at the same time. And that despite sadness over what might have been, sometimes people are hanging on by a thread and a baby would break the tenuous hold one has on sanity and/or stability. The stories told here are raw and emotional, and definitely gave me something to think about. Just because it may have been the right decision at that time, it doesn't mean it's ever "over" for the woman (or man) involved.