Author – Emma-Claire Wilson
Publisher – Avon
Genre – Women’s fiction
Pages – 352
Format – Paperback
Release Date – July 6th 2023
Reviewer – Me AKA TheBookishHermit
Synopsis ⤵️
When Stephanie is told she’s pregnant and that she is sick on the same day, she faces an impossible choice…
After trying for a baby for so long, finding out I was pregnant was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. But in the same breath as the news I had been waiting years to hear, the doctor told me I was seriously ill.
If I carry my baby to term, I will almost certainly die.
If I proceed with treatment, my baby will not live.
My husband – the father of this child – is telling me to save myself. But with all the secrets I know he is keeping from me, I can’t trust him anymore.
What would you do?
My Review ⤵️
This was one very emotionally charged story full of impossible decisions, heartbreak, sadness, disappointment, confusion, courage and so much more. I don’t think there was an emotion that I didn’t experience reading this book! It had it all!
The story is focused around something which, fortunately few of us have to face. Stephanie, our main lady, is told that she is pregnant and that she is also very unwell on the same day! If she carries the baby full-term, then it is unlikely that she will survive herself. However, on the other hand if she has treatment then the baby will almost certainly die.
You’re encouraged to put yourself in the main character’s shoes, what would you do? What would you feel? These are just a couple of the questions that you are sure to be asking yourself while reading through this.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, it is written so well and so sensitively that I just couldn’t help but fall in love with the characters and become emotionally invested in them!
5 stars
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I would like to thank Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with a review copy of this book for free. Views and opinions are my own and have not been influenced by anyone.
About The Author ⤵️
Emma-Claire Wilson is an author of emotional commercial and book club fiction. She writes ‘to make sense of the world’, and loves nothing more than tackling tough subjects and issues that affect her readers on a daily basis.
When she is not writing fiction, she enjoys exercising her brain muscles with freelance copywriting, coaching other writers or writing articles for The Glass House Online Magazine.
Her debut, This Child of Mine, although not autobiographical, was based on personal experiences and resulted in a highly emotional piece of fiction that secured her representation with Kate Nash Literary Agency.
After almost 20 years living on the continent, she returned to the UK with her husband, two daughters and rescue dog, Pip. Now, trying hard to acclimatize to the UK weather, you will mostly find her snuggled under a blanket; sometimes dreaming of her next holiday in the sun but mostly reading stories that affect her or writing books she hopes will affect others.
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