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Antonella Gambotto-Burke is an Italian-born author known for her works in history, culture, and cuisine. Born in September 1965, her writing style is characterized by in-depth research and vivid storytelling.

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“To fully grasp the extent and peerless importance of the sensory intelligence, sensitivity and vulnerability of the newborn is to change not only our understanding of birth, but of humanity itself.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

“Mother: a humanoid thing blinded by bandages, nurturing breasts hidden, limbs restrained, tongue lolling from its slack mouth, and with no recognisable sweat signature.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

“In sharing his vision of the ‘black light’ – significantly, Brady wanted the phrase to be the title of his autobiography – he was again calling attention to the genesis of his sociopathy.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

“Given that observable neurobehavioural characteristics in adulthood are determined in part by GABA-A receptors in early life, and the impact of GABA-acting drugs during pregnancy – in particular, on the construction of the brain – have been said to lead to ‘a cascade of pathogenic consequences’, it’s clear that the long-term effects of phenobarbital regularly administered during infancy would be severe.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

“The newborn’s preference for a mutual, rather than unilateral, gaze shows that babies are designed for reciprocity.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

“This was the first experience of billions of First World babies of their mothers for decades; at worst, the mothers – or their babies – experienced respiratory distress, were stupefied, unconscious, or in a delirium.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

“All this was in contrast to the idea that a newborn, on the basis of cortical immaturity, is a being who remembers and understands nothing: a person only within the context of the mother’s acknowledgment, blank, a species of human cabbage.”

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Book:Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

Source: Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine

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Born: September 19, 1965
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