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“A gifted ex-jazz pianist turned teacher, Camille King was married to older jazz musician Elroy before his tragic death a year ago. Elroy was more interested in his career than starting a family. To appease Camille's dreams of becoming a mother and to make sure time doesn't run out on their ability to conceive at the right time, Elroy stores his sperm at the Hadley Clinic. After his death, Camille conceives a child through alternative methods with her dead husband's sperm.
Nicholas Cardoneaux is a talented and rich architect and closet artist with a respected family name and social prestige. But what he wants most in the world is to have a child. He and his wife Lauren lost four children in miscarriages. Each one was more heartbreaking to the married couple than the last, but the last preganancy passed the danger point when Nicholas' wife was involved in a car accident and miscarried as a result. Unable to deal with the aftermath, Lauren files for divorce despite Nicholas' arguments against it.
Nicholas and Lauren had also been clients of the Hadley clinic, their last conception, in fact, taken care of there.
Through a cruel twist of fate, Camille and Nick are introduced at the clinic one day and what they discover will turn their whole world upside down.
This wasn't the worst book I've ever read though there were some problems that pulled me out of the story at times, specifically issues like the mechanics (e.g., POV shifts mid-scene, tense shifts, scene shifts with no delineation or transition, whole sections of inner thoughts that should have been italicized all of which proved a little jarring). But despite all this, there was something about the characters and the storyline that pulled me in and kept me interested and reading until the end to find out what happens. I cared about the characters and wanted to know what their final fate was.
Though the plot and characters had cliched moments, the premise was inventive and original. As far as the enjoyment factor goes, and my ability to suspend my disbelief, Clark has produced a page-turner.
I recommend this book for fans of the genre. ”
Gracie wrote this review Sunday, October 4 2009.
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