{"id":6468,"date":"2023-01-20T10:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T10:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/?p=6468\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:19:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T10:19:04","slug":"little-disasters-sarah-vaughan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/en\/2023\/01\/20\/little-disasters-sarah-vaughan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;LITTLE DISASTERS&#8221; by Sarah Vaughan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Little-disasters.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Little-disasters-193x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Little-disasters-193x300.jpeg 193w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Little-disasters.jpeg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>When I was pregnant with my first child, there weren&#8217;t any courses about pregnancy and babies. But I had learned from all my young friends how good it was for them to attend these courses when they had their first child.<\/p>\n<p>In her novel &#8220;Little disasters,&#8221; Sarah Vaughan presents four women: Mel, Charlotte, Liz, and Jess, who bond over their first pregnancy.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;- Let&#8217;s begin by introducing ourselves properly and explaining why we want to do this course.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mel:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;- <\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>I&#8217;m a primary school teacher, and I want as natural a labor as possible with minimal intervention.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Ideally a home birth.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte is a corporate lawyer:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;- I suppose one always wants to prepare for things: finals, law exams, marriage, children. <br \/>\nParenthood&#8217;s a major change, isn&#8217;t? 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