I lived in the states for three
years and was 3 months pregnant when I
visited the hospital and I was shocked when the nurse
during intake asked me if I wanted an epidural for the birth and she added that it was 800 dollars... Now, I know the epidural itself costs maybe a few dollars, so the
rest of that money goes to the doctor and hospital.
If you should decide to write a novel about a topic you know almost nothing about, a scholarly discipline requiring
years to master, if you feel compelled to set the story in a land you've scarcely
visited,
during an era you can only dimly conjure from childhood reading and yellowed clippings, if you have followed your hyperactive and petulant imagination down a rabbit hole and there gazed at glowing, magical projections
of inverted pyramids and pith - helmeted lunatics and pharaohs with unconventional appetites, but found little by way
of actual knowledge,
rest easy, because at the British Museum you will make a new friend: an expert who not only knows everything, but who is required — yes, required — to answer all your e-questions, no matter how many, how foolish, how wrong - headed, fantastic, or...