{"title":"J. C. Hallman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. C. Hallman\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts deeply resonant biographies and memoirs that illuminate overlooked or complex lives with meticulous care. His work invites readers into rich, often challenging narratives that reveal the human stories behind historical and cultural moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect essays and narratives that combine intimate reflection with broader social insight, encouraging a thoughtful engagement with memory, identity, and justice. Hallman’s writing is both evocative and unflinching, perfect for those drawn to profound, thoughtfully constructed life stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"say-anarcha-by-j-c-hallman-9781250868459","title":"Say Anarcha","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA critically acclaimed reckoning with the birth of women's healthcare that illuminates the sacrifices of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it—until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century, Dr. J. Marion Sims was hailed as the \"father of modern gynecology.\" He founded a hospital in New York City and had a profitable career treating gentry and royalty in Europe, becoming one of the world's first celebrity surgeons. Statues were built in his honour, but he wasn't the hero he had made himself appear to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSims's greatest medical accolade was his so-called cure for obstetric fistula, which did forever alter the path of women's health. But the road to that treatment was several years of experimental surgeries—without anaesthesia—on a young enslaved woman known as Anarcha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne medical text after another hailed Anarcha as the embodiment of the pivotal role that Sims played in the history of surgery. Decades later, a groundswell of women objecting to Sims's legacy celebrated Anarcha as the \"mother of gynecology.\" Little was known about the woman herself. The written record would have us believe Anarcha disappeared; she did not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough tenacious research, J. C. Hallman has unearthed the first evidence of Anarcha's life that did not come from Sims's suspect reports. Hallman reveals that after helping to spark a patient-centred model of care that continues to improve women's lives today, Anarcha lived on as a midwife, nurse, and \"doctor woman.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSay Anarcha\u003c\/em\u003e excavates history, deconstructing the biographical smoke screen of a surgeon who has falsely been enshrined as a medical pioneer and bringing forth a heroic Black woman to her rightful place at the centre of the creation story of modern women's healthcare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243983450348,"sku":"9781250868459","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250868459-say-anarcha-1.jpg?v=1787991379"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/j-c-hallman.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}