The Mothers, Genevieve Gannon
The Mothers, Genevieve Gannon
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The Mothers
A Novel

Author: Genevieve Gannon

Narrator: Caz Prescott

Unabridged: 9 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life


Synopsis

"Like all my favorite books, The Mothers is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and it leaves you with a lot to think about after you turn the final page. I sobbed my way through this wonderful book."-Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister
What if you gave birth to someone else’s child? An emotional family drama about two couples, one baby, and an unimaginable choice. Inspired by a real-life case of an IVF laboratory mix-up.
Grace and Dan Arden are in their forties and have been on the IVF treadmill since the day they got married. Six attempts have yielded no results, and with each failure a little piece of their hope dies. Priya Laghari and her husband Nick Archer are being treated at the same fertility clinic, and while they don’t face the same time pressure as the Ardens, the younger couple have their own problems. On the same day that Priya is booked for her next IVF cycle, Grace goes in for her final, last-chance embryo transfer. Two weeks later, both women get their results. A year on, angry and heartbroken, one of the women learns her embryo was implanted in the other’s uterus and must make a devastating choice: live a childless life knowing her son is being raised by strangers or seek custody of a baby who has been nurtured and loved by another couple. 

About Genevieve Gannon

Genevieve Gannon is an award-winning Sydney-based journalist and the author of four novels. She is presently a staff writer for Australia’s biggest women’s magazine, the Australian Women’s Weekly, where she covers everything from cold-case murders and cults to celebrities and sports stars. Her journalism has appeared in most of Australia’s major newspapers, and she has recently won the Mumbrella Publish Award for Journalist of the Year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susanne on June 02, 2021

Thank you to #GoodreadsGiveaway for my Win! Review posted to blog: [URL not allowed] One awful mistake. Horrific consequences. Two couples, Grace and Dan and Priya and Nick go through IVF to try and conceive. Both couples end up at the same Fertility Clinic. What happens is eve......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on January 06, 2020

4.5 stars! I don’t know where to start talking about this book. The Mothers is a book that will make you think. It is highly emotional and a story that will stay with you after you finish it. The Tagline really says it all “Two couples, one baby, an unimaginable choice” What would you do? All these......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on October 20, 2020

The Mothers is a well written book of two couples who desire nothing more than to have a child. Dan and Grace have been on IVF since they were married. Now in their forties with many failed attempts their hopes of ever having a child are fading fast. Priya and Nick have also been having trouble conc......more

Goodreads review by Dale on December 31, 2019

Two couples are desperate for a child. Grace and Dan Arden, in their forties, have been undergoing IVF ever since they got married. Six attempts and they are no closer to having the child they both crave. With each failure hope dies a little more. Priya and her husband Nick Archer, though younger, a......more

Goodreads review by Katie on September 06, 2022

3.25 stars When you pick up a book you embark on a personal reading experience. Given this story revolves around fertility issues, it may hit harder for certain readers. At different points I found myself getting emotional but yet by the time I finished the book it seemed like a few key things were m......more