This book has many medically related-themes. Infertility, Music Therapy, Gay and Lesbian Rights. It is lucidly written, and the audible version is interwoven with germane songs. The book is sold with a CDof the songs, as well.
Amazon Review: "Popular author Picoult tackles the controversial topic of gay rights in
her latest powerful tale. When music therapist Zoe Baxter’s latest
pregnancy ends in a stillbirth, her husband Max decides he can’t handle
any more heartbreak and leaves her. As she picks up the pieces of her
life, Zoe is surprised to find herself falling for a school counselor
who happens to be a woman. While Zoe is finding happiness with Vanessa,
Max falls off the wagon and is helped by a pastor from his brother’s
evangelical church. Vanessa and Zoe wed in Massachusetts, and Vanessa
offers to carry one of the fertilized embryos Zoe and Max stored.
Excited by the prospect of being a mother, Zoe goes to Max to get him to
release the embryos to her and is shocked when he instead sues her for
custody of them, backed by his church. Told from the perspectives of all
three major characters, Picoult’s gripping novel explores all sides of
the hot-button issue and offers a CD of folk songs that reflect Zoe’s
feelings throughout the novel. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The always
topical Picoult plans a multimedia tour to more than two dozen cities
with Ellen Wilber, who will perform the songs she and Picoult wrote
together". --Kristine Huntley
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
Saturday, May 22, 2010
So Close: (2009)
Infertile and Addicted to Hope
by Tertia Loebenberg Albertyn
From Amazon: Meet, marry and make a baby: That's how it's supposed to go, right? What happens when you start trying for a family ... and trying, and trying some more? How far do you go to achieve your dream of having children? So Close is the heart wrenching, exhilarating, devastatingly funny story of Tertia Albertyn's battle with infertility. Tertia wanted a baby so badly she went through nine IVFs. Most people give up after the third. I don't think I am being brave at all. I am just too terrified NOT to try again. In her worst nightmare she could never have imagined that making a baby would take her four years, each treatment bringing her and her husband Marko closer and closer to creating their family. During Tertia's journey everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Until, finally, everything goes just right. Tertia is as hilarious as she is irrepressible, as approachable as she is knowledgeable. If you are struggling with infertility, have triumphed over infertility or have felt empathy with someone who is going through this experience, you will find a friend in Tertia.
DJE: I haven't read this yet; however, it comes highly recommended.
by Tertia Loebenberg Albertyn
From Amazon: Meet, marry and make a baby: That's how it's supposed to go, right? What happens when you start trying for a family ... and trying, and trying some more? How far do you go to achieve your dream of having children? So Close is the heart wrenching, exhilarating, devastatingly funny story of Tertia Albertyn's battle with infertility. Tertia wanted a baby so badly she went through nine IVFs. Most people give up after the third. I don't think I am being brave at all. I am just too terrified NOT to try again. In her worst nightmare she could never have imagined that making a baby would take her four years, each treatment bringing her and her husband Marko closer and closer to creating their family. During Tertia's journey everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Until, finally, everything goes just right. Tertia is as hilarious as she is irrepressible, as approachable as she is knowledgeable. If you are struggling with infertility, have triumphed over infertility or have felt empathy with someone who is going through this experience, you will find a friend in Tertia.
DJE: I haven't read this yet; however, it comes highly recommended.
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