{"product_id":"knocked-up-knocked-down-monica-murphy-lemoine-9780980208139","title":"Knocked Up, Knocked Down: Postcards of Miscarriage and Other Misadventures from the Brink of Parenthood","description":"Monica Murphy LeMoine is used to writing postcards from strange, faraway places. After years of traveling around the world with her Peace Corps sweetheart-turned-husband, she finds herself on a blissfully ignorant journey toward new parenthood. But when the pregnancy ends before it's supposed to, Monica is abruptly launched into a different kind of world that nothing in life has prepared her for. It is up to Monica to navigate this strange land of almost-parenthood, make sense of her own confusing grief for real and imagined lives lost, and-ultimately-learn to move forward without someone she loves. A memoir told in postcards, Knocked up, Knocked Down is about finding solace in the most surprising places when life knocks you to the ground. And if you have ever lost a loved one, this uplifting story will help you move upward, too. \"Monica Murphy LeMoine worked all over the world with the Peace Corps and grew up in a family that never had time to 'sit around and wallow.' She never comes close to that in this deeply and darkly funny, anti-trauma memoir. Refusing to accept the grief package defined by well-meaning counselors who said she'd never recover, this book calmly and firmly replies, 'bull#@%\u0026amp; \" -Christina Gombar, prize-winning author, Literary Editor for Exhale, and reviewer for Bookslut and London Review of Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monica Murphy Lemoine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0980208130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780980208139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catalyst Book Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Monica Murphy Lemoine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131853992191,"sku":"9780980208139","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b059b758-f7ff-4de7-9e8d-0b44e14b01c0.jpg?v=1687476786","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knocked-up-knocked-down-monica-murphy-lemoine-9780980208139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}