Anna Starobinets “Look at Him”

A very poignant, very honest… and very heavy book. Especially for those whose family has experienced something similar—the loss of an unborn child. At the same time, it’s a very necessary book. Necessary for everyone to understand the nightmare it is and how it continues to be perpetuated by modern medicine in the post-Soviet space. And especially necessary for those who have gone through it. We, as husbands (and sometimes as parents), can never truly understand a mother who has lost a child, but such a heartfelt story about this pain can help us come closer to our families and cope with the loss together. Not the loss of a “fetus,” as the doctors call it, but our child. Who will always remain our child.

My rating: 5/5