And then Somer realizes that there has been a line drawn.
For her, it was the miscarriage that she had suffered. A moment where she and
her husband Krishnan had realized that life may not play the way they thought
it would.
Now, sitting alone on
a suburban sidewalk instead of drinking blue punch, Somer knows that day, three
years ago, has become the dividing line of her life. Before that miscarriage,
she remembers being happy – with her work, the house with a view of the Golden
Gate Bridge, the friends they saw on weekends. It seemed enough. But since that
day, she has felt as if something is missing, something so immense and powerful
that it overwhelms everything else. With each passing year and every negative
pregnancy test, that void in their lives has grown until it has become an unwelcome
member of their family, wedging itself between her and Krishnan.
Sometimes she wishes
she could return to the naïve happiness of their earlier life. But mostly, she
aches to go forward, to a place her body doesn’t seem willing to take her.
I was a huge fan of this book. The infertility and adoption mixed with cultural aspects of life abroad (India) kept me reading cover-to-cover. If you are dealing with intense infertility, this might be a bit too painful for you to deal with right now.
I was a huge fan of this book. The infertility and adoption mixed with cultural aspects of life abroad (India) kept me reading cover-to-cover. If you are dealing with intense infertility, this might be a bit too painful for you to deal with right now.
2 comments:
I'm glad you liked it!!
I read this awhile back. Absolutely fantastic! I highly recommend it too! Diana from AB
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