The Birth Machine

Third revised edition. 8vo. Pp. vii, 141. Pictorial wraps. First published by The Women's Press in 1983. A second revised edition was published in 1996 by Starling Editions. This re-issue reinstates the author's original plot structure.

Signed by Author to the title page. Invitation to launch of present edition tipped in.

Hailed in its first publication as a significant feminist text, the book delves into a woman's experience of hi-tech childbirth while telling a gripping tale of long-buried secrets. Dramatised for Radio 4 with Barbara Marten as the expectant mother-to-be, Zelda. "An increasingly powerful narrative" –Times Literary Supplement