Life, Almost: Miscarriage, Misconceptions and a Search for Answers from the Brink of Motherhood

By Jennie Agg

'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard
'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia Bueno
'Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written' Pippa Vosper

After losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience.

Part-memoir, part-scientific investigation, Life, Almost documents Agg's path to motherhood and her search for answers. Tracing each tentative step of her fifth pregnancy - as her body becomes a creature she does not wish to spook - Agg dismantles the myths that we unquestioningly accept about our reproductive lives:

- Why are we told miscarriage can't be prevented when half of all miscarriages are of perfectly healthy embryos?

- Why is it normal not to tell anyone you're pregnant for the first three months?

- Why don't we know why labour starts?

Drawing on pioneering research and interviews with world-leading experts, Life, Almost is a ground-breaking book that will change how you think about miscarriage, and a moving reflection on grief and love at the edge of life as we understand it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804995762
• ISBN13: 9781804995761
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Torva
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.