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Book Description:
I grip my husband’s hand tight. The doctor is frowning. “Mr and Mrs Marcello… I’m so sorry.” She tells us there’s been a terrible mistake. Our last embryo—our last chance—was accidentally given to someone else. The child we made four years ago calls another woman “Mommy.”
Quinn cries silent tears as she folds a tiny knitted cardigan, bought in a moment of hope, and packs it away. All she’s ever wanted is to be a mother. Although her husband James brings her comfort, the knowledge they have no embryos left, and that their child is out there being raised by another family, is tearing them both apart.
When the lawyers tell them there’s a chance to get custody, James is unsure. But Quinn knows she has to take it: if only to look her little girl in the eyes, just once. Meeting Emily and the woman who raised her, Quinn’s heart cracks wide open. Emily looks just like Quinn, right down to her curly hair. And when the little girl flings her arms around Quinn’s waist, she can’t shake the feeling this is where Emily is meant to be.
As the two families reckon with an unimaginable decision, a secret from James’ past surfaces… one that forces Quinn to question everything she thought she wanted. But how will they decide what’s right for the little girl they all love so dearly? And where does Emily truly belong?
An absolutely unputdownable, heart-wrenching read about two families torn apart by one terrible mistake. Anyone who loves Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, Diane Chamberlain and Catherine Ryan Hyde won’t be able to put this down.
My Review:
There are some books that are actually quite difficult to review simply because it’s so hard to find the words to adequately describe them, and to do them justice. This is one of those books.
It’s a heart-breaking plot, and it feels sadly authentic. I knew that in this story, there would be no winners. Both sides had been wronged by this terrible error, but at the centre of it all was a little girl whose happiness had to be the priority.
I actually liked all the main characters in the book, and found that I couldn’t take sides in this. They were all trying to do what they felt was right for them.
I absolutely could not put this book down, and I was just completely drawn into the story. This is a book that I couldn’t wait to get back to at the end of the day, and I just had to read it compulsively until I knew the outcome.
Heart-breaking but also heart-warming, this beautifully written novel is a must-read for anyone who enjoys a poignant and emotional family drama. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
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Author Bio:
Melissa Wiesner is a night-owl who began writing novels about five years ago when her early-to-bed family retired for the evening. In 2019, she won the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart® Award in the Mainstream Fiction Category for her first novel. Melissa holds two Master’s Degrees in Public Health and Community Agency Counseling. Her day job is in Social Work where she often encounters people knocked down by hard times but who pick themselves up and keep going, just like the characters of her novels. Melissa lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her charming husband and two adorable children.
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