The Delivery Room
by Sylvia Brownrigg | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780330442435 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780330442435 Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by 
J4Shaw
from finding my place, Somewhere -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, December 13, 2009
J4Shaw from finding my place, Somewhere -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Delivery Room (2006) is Sylvia Brownrigg's 3rd novel.
About the book:
Anger, grief, boredom, frustration, resentment - Mira, an experienced therapist, has seen and heard it all before; nothing can shock or faze her and, although she works from home, the line between the personal and the professional is, for her, a boundary not to be crossed. Occasionally, the thin walls allow her husband's cough or a clatter of shoes to penetrate - or perhaps a client touches a nerve - but Mira is practised at politely sidestepping any attempts to draw her in (or out). Once the last client closes the door behind them, however, Mira too has her share of concerns and dilemmas demanding acknowledgement, attention and (re)solution. But as she navigates the central relationships in her life - with her husband, and the son he didn't know about for years, with her war-ravaged homeland, and the sister who lives there still, with her various clients - she finds it's not always easy to keep home and work separate. Written in tight, precise prose, The "Delivery Room" is Mira's story - the story of the people and places in her life and the delicate, precarious balance between them.
About the book:
Anger, grief, boredom, frustration, resentment - Mira, an experienced therapist, has seen and heard it all before; nothing can shock or faze her and, although she works from home, the line between the personal and the professional is, for her, a boundary not to be crossed. Occasionally, the thin walls allow her husband's cough or a clatter of shoes to penetrate - or perhaps a client touches a nerve - but Mira is practised at politely sidestepping any attempts to draw her in (or out). Once the last client closes the door behind them, however, Mira too has her share of concerns and dilemmas demanding acknowledgement, attention and (re)solution. But as she navigates the central relationships in her life - with her husband, and the son he didn't know about for years, with her war-ravaged homeland, and the sister who lives there still, with her various clients - she finds it's not always easy to keep home and work separate. Written in tight, precise prose, The "Delivery Room" is Mira's story - the story of the people and places in her life and the delicate, precarious balance between them.
