The book, The Dream Daughter, tells the story of a mother in 1970 who finds out her unborn baby has a heart defect. The technology in 1970 is far from what it is in the 21st century, and there is nothing they can do for the baby. Carly, the mother, is devastated as she also just lost her husband in the war. However, her brother-in-law is familiar with time travel and offers to send her into the future to have surgery to save her baby's life. The story unfolds as Carly does go to the future, the baby's fight for life and then how to get back to 1970.
Without giving away anything, this is a book about the love of a mother for a child at heart. That love, that bind, is something that time and bounds cannot break, and anyone who has had a child can relate. The decisions Carly makes, the struggles she goes through - while the reader has to suspend reality because of the time-travel element - are all real. The emotion is real.
The story wraps up and ties up most of the loose ends (the ones that count, anyway). I loved the characters, and I loved the story. I loved the epilogue that gives the reader a glimpse to how things turned out. There were a few lingering questions, especially regarding time travel that I had left, but overall, I loved the book. It's not sci-fi; it's women's fiction that will tug at your heartstrings.
Without giving away anything, this is a book about the love of a mother for a child at heart. That love, that bind, is something that time and bounds cannot break, and anyone who has had a child can relate. The decisions Carly makes, the struggles she goes through - while the reader has to suspend reality because of the time-travel element - are all real. The emotion is real.
The story wraps up and ties up most of the loose ends (the ones that count, anyway). I loved the characters, and I loved the story. I loved the epilogue that gives the reader a glimpse to how things turned out. There were a few lingering questions, especially regarding time travel that I had left, but overall, I loved the book. It's not sci-fi; it's women's fiction that will tug at your heartstrings.