Title: A Child of My Own
Author: Vanessa Carnevale
Genre: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction
Publisher: Bookouture ( 5th March 2021)
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Book Description
As I watch her walk away, an arm raised to her face as she wipes tears from her eyes, I wonder if I really can go through losing her again. Because if I do this, I might gain a child, but I’ll lose her in the process.
Isla and Ben are devoted parents to their beloved daughter, Reese. She is their little miracle, the child they thought they’d never have until donors made her existence possible. But Isla has never told Reese about her biological parents. She wants to be honest with her daughter, but can she bear to open up old wounds?
Then Isla receives a call from Lucy, once her closest friend and the donor who made her dreams come true, and it seems she may need to make a decision sooner than she thought. They haven’t spoken in almost ten years, but Lucy has devastating news: she has lost her beloved husband Nate, just after they decided they wanted to become parents after all.
Heartbroken for her friend, Isla welcomes Lucy back into her life. But then Lucy comes to Isla with a request that changes everything. If Lucy gets what she wants, Isla’s perfect family could be destroyed. But would she deny the woman who helped her become a mother the chance for her own happiness?
A Child of My Own is a heartbreaking, gripping and emotional story about motherhood, loss and friendship, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Kelly Rimmer and Kate Hewitt.
Review
This book had me go through every emotion possible.
Having children is most couples goal in life, unfortunately, Isla and Ben struggled to conceive, their best friends, Lucy and Nate had good careers and couldn’t see themselves wanting children and so they donated three embryos to them and the second embryo was a success, giving them a beautiful daughter Reese, a child Lucy and Nate never met as the friendship crumbled.
Now ten years later and one frosty left in the freezer awaiting its fate of being destroyed or used as soon as possible. Lucy and Nate were discussing having a baby, sadly before anything could be done about it a tragedy happens and Nate died. Lucy needs to have Nate’s child and wants the last embryo. Isla and Ben also want the embryo.
Told in Isla and Lucy’s points of view, this is a fight that neither thought would ever happen. It is raw with emotion, revelation, and rebuilding a friendship that should never have been lost.
I was in tears at some points and smiling at other points. Having been through the fertility journey, but also donating eggs myself I could see both ladies ‘ points of view. I felt torn, to begin with, was Lucy wanting this purely because Nate had gone? I felt for Isla, it was donated to her after all, and then I felt that Isla was being selfish. It really was a rollercoaster.
It was an amazing book, well written and true to life. Absolutely brilliant!
Author Bio
Vanessa Carnevale is an Australian author of women’s fiction. She is also the host of Your Beautiful Writing Life retreats held in Tuscany and Australia.
Vanessa loves to travel and spent several years living in Florence, Italy, a place she considers her second home. She lives in Australia with her husband and two children.
Her previous novels, THE MEMORIES OF US and THE FLORENTINE BRIDGE are published by HarperCollins and have been translated into German and Slovenian. Vanessa’s third novel will be published by Bookouture in August 2020.
You can connect with Vanessa on Instagram and Facebook or via her websites: www.vanessacarnevale.com | www.yourbeautifulwritinglife.com
https://twitter.com/v_carnevale
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this ebook from Netgalley, thank you to Bookouture for allowing me to review this book and be a part of the book tour.
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