A collection of poems on infertility, IVF, and hope. In this book of poetry Shirel Rosé shares her truths about the journey of infertility and motherhood. Written from the heart, Shirel's words are raw and relatable. Wunschkind is written in a refreshingly honest tone that will touch your soul. Whether you laugh or cry, you will find a friend in this book and feel less alone after putting it down.

Manchmal kann man seine eigenen Gedanken und Gefühle nicht adäquat ausdrücken. Dann hilft nur ein Blick ins tiefste Innere, mit allen Narben und offenen Wunden, die noch zu Narben werden. Auf meiner tränenreichen Reise zu mir selbst bin ich mir auf den Grund gegangen. Ich habe mich kennengelernt und versucht zu verstehen, warum ich bin, wie ich bin. Ich habe mich durch jedes Kapitel meines Lebens gewühlt, mich und mein Leben hinterfragt und Antworten gefunden. Ich weiß nun, wer ich bin und ich möchte, dass du das auch weißt, Mama.

Explaining breast cancer to a young child.

The first comprehensive catalog of an important German-Jewish expressionist painter. On the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the artist's birth, this catalogue presents for the first time an overview of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky's paintings in an elegant volume of full color reproductions accompanied by illuminating commentary. Born in Vienna, she studied with Max Beckmann, who became a significant influence on the young artist. Later, in exile in London, Motesiczky grew close to Oskar Kokoschka and became acquainted with some of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century, including Elias Canetti, with whom she shared a long and intimate relationship. The paintings and drawings in this book explore the artist's transition from the edgy realism of her early years to the softer and more poetic paintings of her later work. Her portraits, for which she is most famous, include compelling self-examinations as well as a moving series devoted to her mother. Essays on Motesiczky's youth in Vienna, her friendship with Beckmann, and her time in London provide crucial background to a unique and fascinating artist whose wider recognition is long overdue.

"In this penetrating analysis of the social attitudes toward various major illnesses - chiefly tuberculosis, the scourge of the 19th century, and cancer, the terror of our own - Susan Sontag demonstrates that "illness is not a metaphor" and shows why "the healthiest way of being ill is one purified of metaphoric thinking." Once tuberculosis was identified as a bacterial infection, it ceased to be a symbol of a romantic fading away or of a sensitive or artistic temperament, and it could be treated and cured. Similarly, we must today cease to think of cancer as a mark of doom, a punishment or a sign of a repressed personality, and recognize it for what it is: one disease among many and often receptive to treatment." -- from back cover.

This volume offers new interpretations of Katherine Mansfield's work by bringing together recent biographical and critical-theoretical approaches to her life and art in the context of Continental Europe. It features chapters on Mansfield's reception in several European countries together with her own translations of other European writers.