A review by carleyguill
Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human by Sarah DiGregorio

5.0

This book matters. Perhaps more than any other book that I’ve read. As a nurse and sister to a NICU survivor I’ve heard shouting from both sides - any life is a good life, no life is good if it’s like this. Often, these aren’t opinions grounded in science, how could they be? Neonatology is so raw, so vague. A world of subjectivity that no other sect of medicine exists within. For DiGregorio to have written a book encompassing every possible opinion and still root it in research, personal testimony from survivors and providers, and still have made it rich with optimism? Astounding. Perspective is a gift. This book offers it so freely to readers that it feels almost stolen.
Public health, bioethics, familial instinct, medical history, all compounded into one overarching narrative. Medicine can do nothing for premature birth without love. Thank you Sarah DiGregorio. I’ll treasure this forever.