"Ordinary Miracles is piloted steadily by a heroine I cheered for from beginning to end. Linda Crew has taken a fresh, heartbreakingly insightfull look at life's oldest miracle." Barbara Kingsolver

"Ordinary Miracles is bright and funny, intelligent and moving, generous and clever. It's not only a novel about infertility, but about a complex, successful marriage, and the two people in it, standing at a hinge point in their lives. What a joyous find!" Molly Gloss

"...An entertaining novel that also contains excellent factual information. I believe this worthwhile book will be extremely well-received by infertility patients." Joseph S. Sanfilippo, M.D., Fertility News

"Linda Crew's writing is straightforward & honest & funny & her offering of human hope is no small gift." Madeleine l'Engle

"With this new novel, Crew, well known for her young adult novels, successfully makes the transition to adult fiction....Poignant...a touching, contemporary story. Recommended." Kathy Ingels Helmond, Library Journal


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Ordinary Miracles had to be written for an adult audience; infertility just isn't a concern among teenagers! At the time my husband and I were struggling with it, I couldn't find any fiction that spoke to the overwhelming emotions that come with the territory. Although medical treatments have become more elaborate and expensive in the fifteen years since the book came out, I'm sure the pain of longing for a child and being unable to conceive remains the same. The characters in the novel are fictional, and it does not tell our own personal story exactly as it unfolded. I will admit to this, though--the hectic climax is taken straight from real life, as my Ob/​Gyn Dr. Tom Hart will attest!


My own "ordinary" miracles 1986

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A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon 1845
A spirited young woman joins her family in an overland journey to Oregon that will test each one of them to the limits of their faith and endurance.
Children of the River
In in the wake of the Cambodian holocaust, a young Khmer girl struggles to make a new life in the United States.
Fire on the Wind
An eighteen-mile wall of fire is roaring toward Blue Star, the logging camp where 13-yer-old Storie lives with her family. Can they get out in time?
Long Time Passing
Against a backdrop of the 1960s, high school sophomore Kathy Shay wants to establish her own identity and connect her life with the turbulent world around her.
Someday I'll Laugh About This
Thirteen-year-old Shelby has always looked forward to vacations at the family's beach cabin, but this year, everything's different. Everything's wrong.
Nekomah Creek and Nekomah Creek Christmas
Robby Hummer loves his family, even if they are somewhat unusual...
Ordinary Miracles
Betsy Bonden longs for a baby. Why does this "ordinary miracle" that seems to come so easily to others continue to elude her?

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