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On the maternity floor of an Austin, Texas, hospital, some parents trudge a long, lonely,ominous hallway toward double doors that open to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Those who enter are automatically part of a special club—one that no parent wants to be in. In this sweet, heartwarming, and sometimes heartbreaking memoir,author and volunteer baby rocker Cathy Chapaty takes readers behind those double doors into a world dedicated to nurturing these new lives—humming premature babies to sleep, burping gas-filled tummies, and providing safety and comfort to those born addicted to drugs. Week by week, she watches the babies grow bigger and stronger—and realizes that she is growing as well.