Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir by Aileen Weintraub (English) Paperback Book

Description: Knocked Down by Aileen Weintraub A laugh-out-loud memoir about a free-spirited, commitment-phobic Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, pregnant, and faced with five months of doctor-prescribed bed rest because of unusually large fibroids. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A laugh-out-loud memoir about a free-spirited, commitment-phobic Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, pregnant, and faced with five months of doctor-prescribed bed rest because of unusually large fibroids. Aileen Weintraub has been running away from commitment her entire life, hopping from one job and one relationship to the next. When her father suddenly dies, she flees her Jewish Brooklyn community for the wilds of the country, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a man who knows a lot about produce, tractors, and how to take a person down in one jiu-jitsu move. Within months of saying "I do" shes pregnant, life is on track, and then wham! Her doctor slaps a high-risk label on her uterus and sends her to bed for five months. As her husbands bucolic (and possibly haunted) farmhouse begins to collapse and her marriage starts to do the same, Weintraub finally confronts her grief for her father while fighting for the survival of her unborn baby. In her precarious situation, will she stay or will she once again run away from it all? Knocked Down is an emotionally charged, laugh-out-loud roller-coaster ride of survival and growth. It is a story about marriage, motherhood, and the risks we take. Author Biography Aileen Weintraub is an award-winning author, journalist, and editor. She has written for the Washington Post, Glamour, NBC, and AARP, among others. She has also published several childrens books, including Never Too Young! 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference and We Got Game! 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World. Table of Contents Authors Note 1. Roots Run Deep 2. A GORE-TEX Primer 3. Produce Man 4. Cricket Hill 5. Monsters 6. The Pregnant Pause 7. Purgatory 8. The Whirling Dervish and Her Magic Meatball Sideshow 9. Operation Redecoration 10. Dos and Donts and Donts 11. Bras on Fire 12. It Comes Down to Blood 13. The Art of Conversation 14. Puttin Up a Fight 15. Blame It on the Cossacks 16. The Hex Upon Us 17. Power Equipment + Bed = Sexy 18. The Vanishing Penis and the Reason I Have a Therapy Fund Set Aside for My Unborn Child 19. Going in Reverse 20. The Muck and the Mire 21. Dream Crusher 22. Sandman Rising 23. Battle on Cervix Hill 24. Helter Skelter Swelter 25. The Man behind the Curtain 26. A Low Guttural Howl 27. Take Me Home 28. Meltdown 29. The County Fair 30. Gumption 31. Calypso 32. Courage and Cremation 33. Jeeps and Rabbits 34. A Shit Farm in Paradise 35. Settled, but Not Really 36. The Fibroids Ate My Baby 37. After Birth 38. Mother Acknowledgments Review "Love, marriage, and a harrowing pregnancy yield a haunting story of survival in this gripping account."—Publishers Weekly"Can a high-risk pregnancy, a marriage on the rocks, financial problems, a falling-down house in the middle of stalled renovations and lingering grief for a beloved dead father add up to a riotously funny read? The answer is yes, at least when the author is the gifted humorist Aileen Weintraub."—Elizabeth Edelglass, Hadassah Magazine"Knocked Down is a big-hearted, hilarious, and moving account of staying put, rooting in, and learning how to persevere together—as a married couple, as a family, and in community with others."—Kerry Neville, Hippocampus"Aileen Weintraubs debut memoir, Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir, is an intimate and introspective story about her complicated pregnancy and the reverberating effects on her marriage, religious beliefs, and identity as a mother. Despite the uncertain future Weintraub and her unborn child face, this mostly chronological memoir is chock-full of witty observations and humorous reflections."—Erin Fogarty Owen, Linden Review"The truth is, we can never know what tomorrow will bring. Even the best prepared will be knocked to the ground, bewildered by what life brings. The wisdom of this memoir is in the striving for acceptance of all lifes travails for what they are, as they come. The darkest of times may seem endless, but with humor and the love of a (quirky) family, this book shows that we can make it through."—Mikhal Weiner, Literary Mama"Aileen Weintraub has written a profoundly honest memoir that is sometimes painful but always loving, as she walks us through her journey from Brooklyn childhood to rural living. Heartfelt and often humorous Jewish culture meets rural farming culture, all coming together in the glorious Hudson Valley. It took us back to the best moment of our lives—the beginning of making a family."—Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody"This memoir of an almost inconceivably difficult pregnancy (pun intended) involves multiple dichotomies: urban/rural, male/female, Jew/non-Jew, life/death. Weintraub handles these oppositions with the deft, stunning, and mesmerizing touch of a writer who knows when to weep and when to laugh, when to hold on and when to let go. Whatever the opposite is of elegy, this is it."—Sue William Silverman, author of How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences"A gripping blend of humor and poignancy. . . . Weintraubs keen eye for detail and breathless storytelling make this sharply observed memoir impossible to put down."—Sari Botton, author of And You May Find Yourself: Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen X Weirdo"Knocked Down is a funny and poignant story of a pregnant urban girl suddenly uprooted and forced to rediscover herself in a possibly haunted old ramshackle farmhouse—a brave and vibrant story of self-discovery and grace."—Aspen Matis, #1 Amazon best-selling author of Your Blue Is Not My Blue and Girl in the Woods"Knocked Down engaged me from the opening lines. This is a wonderfully nuanced story, at turns laugh-out-loud hilarious and heartbreaking, rooted in love, romance, community, and resilience. I loved this book."—Elissa Altman, author of Motherland Review Quote "With characteristic warmth, Aileen Weintraub invites readers into the complexity of bodies and families, dreams and disappointments, pain and love. Knocked Down is moving, candid, and deeply funny."--Cameron Dezen Hammon, author of This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession Details ISBN1496230205 Author Aileen Weintraub Short Title Knocked Down Publisher University of Nebraska Press Series American Lives Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1496230205 ISBN-13 9781496230201 Format Paperback Subtitle A High-Risk Memoir Imprint University of Nebraska Press Place of Publication Lincoln Country of Publication United States Pages 316 Publication Date 2022-03-01 AU Release Date 2022-03-01 NZ Release Date 2022-03-01 US Release Date 2022-03-01 UK Release Date 2022-03-01 DEWEY 306.8743092 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159450008;

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