Join me to celebrate the launch of Birth: Three Mothers, Nine Months, and Pregnancy in America. I’ll be talking about midwives and uteruses and all manner of maternal health topics; doing Q&As about the book; and signing copies.

Please RSVP and pre-order a copy!

Washington DC, with Molly Ball—Time national political correspondent & NYT bestselling author of PELOSI: https://www.politics-prose.com/rebecca-grant

NYC, with Irin Carmon—senior correspondent at New York magazine and co-author of Notoriois RBG: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../rebecca-grant-presents...

Portland, with Allison Frost, senior producer and occasional host of Oregon Public Broadcasting's daily talk show, "Think Out Loud.": https://www.powells.com/events-update

Seattle, with Dr. Amy Bhatt, a writer, educator, and content creator who focuses on diversity, gender equity, and inclusion.: https://townhallseattle.org/event/rebecca-grant/

Reviews and Media Coverage

Starred Review from Publisher’s Weekly: “An auspicious debut…It’s an enlightening and accessible portrait of maternal healthcare in America.”

Kirkus Reviews calls it “A significant and compelling sociological investigation.”

About the book

In the tradition of Random Family and Evicted, a gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today’s America.

In Birth, journalist Rebecca Grant provides us with a never-before-seen look at the changing landscape of pregnancy and childbirth in America—and the rise of midwifery—told through the eyes of three women who all pass through the doors of the same birth center in Portland, Oregon.

There’s Alison, a teacher whose long path to a healthy pregnancy has led her to question a traditional hospital birth; T’Nika, herself born with the help of a midwife and now a nurse hoping to work in Labor & Delivery and improve equality in healthcare; and Jillian, an office manager and aspiring midwife who works at Andaluz Birth Center, excited for a new beginning, but anxious about how bringing a new life into the world might mean the deferral of her own dreams.

In remarkable detail and with great compassion, Grant recounts the ups downs, fears, joys, and everyday moments of each woman’s pregnancy and postpartum journey, offering a rare look into their inner lives, perspectives, and choices in real time—and addresses larger issues facing the entire nation, from discrimination in medicine and treatment (both gender and race-based) to fertility, family planning, complicated feelings about motherhood and career, and the stigmas of miscarriage and postpartum blues. The result is an inspiring and illuminating look one of life’s most profound rites of passage.

Publishing April 25, 2023 from Avid Reader Press

Available for pre-order now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Birth/Rebecca-Grant/9781982170424