hard to bear:
Investigating the science and silence of miscarraige
Hard to bear
by isabelle oderberg
This is the website for the book Hard to Bear: Investigating the science and silence of miscarriage (published in April 2023 by Ultimo Press. This is a book for patients, families, partners, the people who love them, plus medical professionals, allied health, policy makers and everyone in between, charting a course for better care for people who experience early pregnancy loss.
Isabelle Oderberg is represented by Melanie Ostell Literary.
“Hard to Bear is a furious, insistent and tender work.”
— Felicity Plunkett, The Saturday Paper
“Hard to Bear is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of systemic inequality, empirical evidence and lived experience.”
— Nanci Nott, ArtsHub
About ISY
After growing up in Hong Kong, Isabelle Oderberg went to university in Melbourne. She has worked as a journalist for two decades in newswires across Europe, Asia and Australia, where she was the country’s first social media editor for Melbourne’s Herald Sun. Her work has appeared in The Age/SMH, Guardian, ABC, Meanjin and elsewhere. She has also worked as a media and communications strategist across the not-for-profit sector. Hard to Bear: Investigating the science and silence of miscarriage is her first book.
