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3.5 stars.

An unforgettable story about a mother’s love and what it means to be a family.

This novel follows Carly, a young pregnant widow in 1970 who learns that her unborn baby has a fatal heart defect. Carly turns to her loving and supportive sister and brother-in-law to help her find the strength to go on after receiving this devastating information. While grieving for the future loss of her unborn child, Carly’s brother-in-law proposes an unfathomable solution that shocks and confuses Carly. Putting pure trust in her brother-in-law, Carly embarks on a journey that will change her life forever.

I am a huge fan of Diane Chamberlain’s writing and this novel lived up to my expectations as far as beautiful wording and descriptive language goes. The storyline however, didn’t quite work for me and I couldn’t shake the implausibility of the scenario. Due to the content of the story, I believe this book will largely be a love/hate type of reaction from readers. Lucky for me, I sit somewhere in the middle of those two spectrums and I still look very forward to her next novel.

The characters were wonderful. Diane Chamberlain has an outstanding ability to create vivid and real characters that you can’t help but care for and feel drawn to. Though the plot felt unrealistic, I still found myself rooting for these characters which says something about the excellence of her writing.

This was a Traveling Sister read that I couldn’t squeeze in during the discussion time. Brenda and Norma and many of the other Traveling Sisters loved this book. To find their reviews, please visit our blog at:



Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Diane Chamberlain for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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