On Preservation

The birth of a child can be the most joyful event in life. However, for a mother, pregnancy can sometimes be an experience filled with anxiety and discomfort, especially if it is necessary to leave home and go to the hospital for preservation. To find oneself in a foreign environment, among unknown people. To be alone where care and understanding from others is most needed. Anastasia Vepryova's autobiographical book is a candid diary that contains everything: the experience of pregnancy and hospital routines, the warmth of human interaction and the bureaucratic rationalism of the system, fear of the future and endless hope for the best. And ultimately - renewal and the appearance of another life, equal to a miracle.