This book includes forty duotone portraits of newborns ranging in age from one day to one month.

“I lay in bed looking at this beautiful boy whose head is so perfectly shaped and whose eyes engage with mine as though he is an astrologer discovering the stars. I run a gentle hand over his hair and feel the place where his skull is not yet fully formed. I place a finger to his palm so he can grasp with all his strength and I hold his feet in my hands and squeeze them to make sure he’s real. When his feet press against my palms I am overcome with the memory of his kicks inside my belly, his movements as he floated through my womb.” Julie Winokur, from Newborn