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The Pain Gap audiobook
- By: Anushay Hossain
- Narrator: Priya Ayyar
- Category: Social Science, Women's Studies
- Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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The Pain Gap Audiobook Summary
Explore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this “masterfully written” (Sophia A. Nelson, bestselling author of The Woman Code and Black Woman Redefined), meticulously researched, in-depth examination of the women’s health crisis in America–and what we can do about it.
When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women’s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn’t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped into the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor (two of which she spent pushing), Hossain’s epidural slipped. Her pain was so severe that she ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as she shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section.
Giving birth in the richest country on earth, Hossain never imagined she could die in labor. But she almost did. The experience put her on a journey to explore, understand, and share how women–especially women of color–are dismissed to death by systemic sexism in American healthcare.
Following in the footsteps of feminist manifestos such as The Feminine Mystique and Rage Becomes Her, The Pain Gap is an “eye-opening” (Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts) and stirring call to arms that encourages women to flip their “hysteria complex” on its head and use it to revolutionize women’s healthcare. This book tells the story of Hossain’s experiences–from growing up in South Asia surrounded by staggering maternal mortality rates to lobbying for global health legislation on Capitol Hill to nearly becoming a statistic herself. Along the way, she realized that a little fury might be just what the doctor ordered.
Meticulously researched and deeply reported, this “must-read” (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her) book explores real women’s traumatic experiences with America’s healthcare system–and empowers everyone to use their experiences to bring about the healthcare revolution women need.
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The Pain Gap Full Details
| Narrator | Priya Ayyar |
| Length | 6 hours 24 minutes |
| Author | Anushay Hossain |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781797134703 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Pain Gap is Simon & Schuster Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Social Science, Women's Studies
Additional info
The publisher of the The Pain Gap is Simon & Schuster Audio. The imprint is Simon & Schuster Audio. It is supplied by Simon & Schuster Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781797134703.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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