The Mothers
Book Feature - The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
HBL Note: My friend Kit generously blogged about her IVF experience (read her posts here and here) and I’ve never thought about it the same way. To grossly under-simplify it, IVF can be very challenging in a variety of ways. I thought about Kit’s experience when I read the synopsis of this book, which is based on a real-life case of an IVF lab mix-up, and I can’t fathom what the two families went through. The heartbreak and confusion of feelings that must’ve ensued…I just can’t imagine it. Genevieve Gannon brings to life this heartbreaking story in THE MOTHERS. Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
Book Feature - The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
From the publisher:
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.
Book Feature - The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
