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Expecting Adam : a true story of birth, rebirth, and everyday magic

The author describes the sometimes incredible details of her second pregnancy, telling how she and her husband, both driven Harvard academics, came to the decision to have their son after the fetus was diagnosed with Down syndrome, and sharing the extraordinary events that helped them know they had made the right decision.

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  • "一对哈佛学者与世界第一学府的真实故事"
  • "Expecting Adam"@ja
  • "Expecting Adam"
  • "Yi dui ha fo xue zhe yu shi jie di yi xue fu de zhen shi gu shi"

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  • "The author describes the sometimes incredible details of her second pregnancy, telling how she and her husband, both driven Harvard academics, came to the decision to have their son after the fetus was diagnosed with Down syndrome, and sharing the extraordinary events that helped them know they had made the right decision."@en
  • "Describes how a mother struggled to cope when her unborn second child, Adam, was diagnosed with Down syndrome, her decision to keep her son, and his magical influence on her life."
  • "John and Martha Beck had two Harvard degrees apiece when they conceived their second child. Further graduate studies, budding careers and a growing family meant major stress. Martha battled constant nausea and dehydration. And when she learned her unborn son had Down syndrome, she battled nearly everyone over her decision to continue the pregnancy."
  • "Beck was focused on her career in academia until she discovered her second child would have Down syndrome. This is her account of her pregnancy."
  • ""He says you'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been by remaining closed." The messenger is a school janitor with a master's in art history who claims to be channeling "from both sides of the veil." "He" is Adam, a three-year-old who has never spoken an intelligible word. And the message is intended for Martha Beck, Adam's mother, who doesn't know whether to make a mad dash for the door to escape a raving lunatic (after all, how many conversations like this one can you have before you stop getting dinner party invitations and start pushing a mop yourself') or accept another in a series of life lessons from an impeccable but mysterious source. From the moment Martha and her husband, John, accidentally conceived their second child, all hell broke loose. They were a couple obsessed with success. After years of matching IQs and test scores with less driven peers, they had two Harvard degrees apiece and were gunning for more. They'd plotted out a future in the most vaunted ivory tower of academe. But the dream had begun to disintegrate. Then, when their unborn son, Adam, was diagnosed with Down syndrome, doctors, advisers, and friends in the Harvard community warned them that if they decided to keep the baby, they would lose all hope of achieving their carefully crafted goals. Fortunately, that's exactly what happened. Expecting Adam is a poignant, challenging, and achingly funny chronicle of the extraordinary nine months of Martha's pregnancy. By the time Adam was born, Martha and John were propelled into a world in which they were forced to redefine everything of value to them, put all their faith in miracles, and trust that they could fly without a net. And it worked. Martha's riveting, beautifully written memoir captures the abject terror and exhilarating freedom of facing impending parentdom, being forced to question one's deepest beliefs, and rewriting life's rules. It is an unforgettable celebration of the everyday magic that connects human souls to each other. From the Hardcover edition."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
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  • "哈佛女人"
  • "Expecting Adam : a true story of birth, rebirth, and everyday magic"
  • "Adam ŭi kidarimyŏ"
  • "Expecting Adam : a true story of birth, rebirth, and everyday magic"@en
  • "Adam ŭl kidarimyŏ : t'aeŏnam kwa tasi t'aeŏnam, kŭrigo ilsang ŭi sinbi e kwanhan iyagi"
  • "Anata o unde yokatta"@ja
  • "Expecting Adam : : a true story of birth, rebirth, and everyday magic"
  • "Expecting Adam : a true story of birth, transformation & unconditional love"
  • "Adam ŭl kidarimyŏ : t'aeŏnam kwa tasi t'aeŏnam, kŭrigo ilsang ŭi sinbi e kwanhan iyagi = Expecting Adam"
  • "Expecting Adam a true story of birth, rebirth, and everyday magic"
  • "In verwachting van Adam : een waar gebeurd verhaal met onverwachte aardse en spirituele ontmoetingen"
  • "Expecting Adam"
  • "Expecting Adam : a true story of birth, transformation, and unconditional love"@en
  • "Ha fo nü ren"
  • "Hafo nü ren : yi dui Hafo xue zhe yu shi jie di yi xue fu de zhen shi gu shi"
  • "아담을기다리며 : 태어남과다시태어남, 그리고일상의신비에관한이야기 = Expecting Adam"
  • "あなたを産んでよかった"
  • "Ein wunderbares Kind : wie Adam mein Leben verändert hat"

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