This insightful study of contemporary birthing uses the work of doulas to explore the questions raised near birth: What do we value, and how do we navigate those values when they are tangled in conflict?Pregnancy, birthing, and infant care offer a microcosm of cultural debates. In this ethnography of childbearing in Northern California, Andrea Ford examines how people's birthing decisions and experiences relate to and construct the American ideal of the individual ...

Before the Reaving, humanity knew peace.Beneath the surface of everything they have ever known lies another kingdom—one ruled by ancient magic, forgotten histories, and creatures spoken of only in whispers.Now they are hunted.Enslaved.Tormented.Sarai believed she knew the world.She was wrong.As an ancient prophecy begins to unfold, one Reaver searches for a past he refuses to leave behind.Will he find the answers he so desperately s...