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portada A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a des Daughter
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
312
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781807640750

A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a des Daughter

Claire R. Silverstone-Bright (Author) · Panda Publishing Agency Uk · Paperback

A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a des Daughter - Claire R. Silverstone-Bright

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Synopsis "A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a des Daughter"

Before she was born, a drug prescribed to millions of pregnant women had already shaped Claire R. Silverstone-Bright's future.In A Life Lived Chronically: Memoir of a DES Daughter, Claire tells the powerful story of growing up as part of a generation unknowingly exposed in the womb to diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic hormone once widely prescribed to prevent miscarriage. Marketed as a medical breakthrough, DES would later be linked to serious health consequences for the daughters born after its use.For Claire, this hidden inheritance meant a life marked by surgeries, medical scrutiny, and the quiet but relentless presence of chronic illness. Yet this memoir is far more than a catalogue of medical encounters. With honesty, intelligence, and resilience, Claire explores what it means to live a life shaped by decisions made long before one has a voice.Drawing on her personal experience as well as her background in criminology and justice, she examines the broader systems of authority, medicine, and silence that allowed DES to affect generations of women. Alongside the medical story runs a deeply human one: of identity, family, survival, and the determination to reclaim one's narrative.A Life Lived Chronically is both a personal testimony and an act of witness. It gives voice to the overlooked legacy carried by DES daughters and invites readers to reflect on the cost of progress when the full truth is not yet known.

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