The Long-Awaited Child

All Tess was wanted was a child of her own. After struggling for ten years with infertility she finally agrees to consider adoption. She and her husband, Brad, take in a pregnant teenager with the expectations that they would adopt the baby once it was born. At first I was bit annoyed with Tess and......more

A must read. Tissues please. Emotions check. Understanding/ experience check. Does every woman feel they need to be a mother? For some yes. Others don't get the opportunity or choose not to. Mothering isn't natural as many children can vouch for that after their experience. Where does the nurturing......more

I’m conflicted about how I feel about this book... I felt like this wasn’t the most thought out or planned book. I thought that having the extra part where the baby’s fathers family wanted custody just didn’t fit with the flow of the book, and that the ending was a little choppy, as if the author ju......more