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The year is 1970 and Caroline Sears, known to her friends and family as Carly, has just been told her unborn baby girl has a heart defect and is not expected to live. Doctors say there is nothing they can do. But then her brother in law Hunter, a physicist, comes up with a radical plan that sets Carly’s head spinning. It takes a while to accept what he is saying could possibly be true. It will require a huge leap of faith on Carly’s part. It will also mean leaving her loved sister Patti, Hunter and nephew John Paul behind. And what if Hunter is wrong? Is it just clutching at straws? But if there is any chance that what Hunter asserts is true, Carly feels she must take it. Have lost her husband, Joe, in the Vietnam War, she cannot bear to lose her daughter and her link with him. Yes, there is so much that can go wrong. But she has to take the risk.
The main point of this story is to suspend disbelief and get swept along. Diane Chamberlain makes it easy because the characters are so real and easy to relate to. Plus the story so well grounded in the relationships between characters as well as events of the times. I have deliberately kept this review vague so readers will experience the novel as it unfolds, rather than dismissing it because if a concept raised in it or because of preconceived ideas. I was intrigued and emotionally involved in this story from start to finish. I hated having to put it down for any reason.
At one stage I had thought of which way it would go and then the story went off in a direction I was not expecting. Oh, but it worked! Worked so well. There was one aspect I anticipated though and was pleased it proved true. I’ve read a number of Diane Chamberlain’s novels, and enjoyed most of them and loved others. This one captivated me and would not let me go till I finished it. An emotional read that highlights the bond between mother and child as well as that between close sisters, it is heart wrenching, beautiful and thoroughly recommended. I adored it.