Inspired by the authorâs harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, this work combines memoir with reporting to tell the story of neonatologyâand to meditate on the questions raised by premature birth.
What The Reviewers Say
Randi Hutter Epstein,
The New York Times Book Review
Early opens like a medical thriller.
Marcia G. Welsh,
Library Journal
A well-written, carefully researched book that should be of vital interest to potential parents and their friends and families..
Publishers Weekly
... [a] compassionate exploration of preterm birth.
Kirkus
DiGregorio provides illuminating chronicles of her interviews with neonatal care professionals.