Though born in a small town in Iowa, Melinda never felt quite at home there. As an adult, her search for herself leads away from America to the exotic, intoxicating island of Bali. There she finds herself living a life she hasn't anticipated, becoming a housewife and mother. This memoir of her experience with pregnancy and birth offers a window on life for a western woman living in an intricate Asian culture that respects the mysterious forces of darkness as well as the light. Confronted with the vulnerability and transformation of pregnancy and birth, intensified by separation from all that...