Title: Ghostbelly

ELIZABETH HEINEMAN

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Elizabeth has also published about her stillbirth and miscarriage here:

Salon.com:

“Before I let go of my little boy, I needed to spend time with him. So I brought him home, and our journey began…”

New Millennium Writings:

Still Life with Baby

1st place, non-fiction category, 33rd New Millennium Writings Prize

“The official pronouncement of Thor’s death came an hour after his delivery, but I’d known he was dead since he’d come out without a pulse…”

Three Minus One:

Three Minus One: Parents’ Stories of Love and Loss is a collection of intimate, soul-baring stories and artwork by parents who have lost a child to stillbirth, miscarriage, or neonatal death, inspired by the film Return to Zero. [Amazon]

Hip Mama:

This article appeared in the print edition but not the online edition of Hip Mama. You can download the article here.

The Examined Life Journal:

“There’s an old pear tree in our back yard. It’s too close to the house. One of these days, a windstorm will blow one of the high branches onto the roof, and we’ll wish we’d had it removed earlier…”