Linda Crew
"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 |
 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 decade 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/ |
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