Personal Reading Experience

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3.5 stars. Here is my disclosure, my son has a very similar congenital heart defect to that being portrayed in the book so I read this book with a highly critical and apprehensive eye and to be honest I really didn’t know if I could read it anyway. Carly lives in Nags Head, NC in 1970 when she learns from an experimental ultrasound that her baby will have a fatal heart condition. Her brother-in-law with whom she lives turns out to be a time-traveler from 2017 who helps her time travel to 2001 for her child to join a fetal surgery study that may save her unborn child. I actually really enjoyed the time travel aspect, although even though explained, it still make more sense for her to travel to a later date to obtain more experienced medical care. It was interesting to read about someone experience some of our common technology that we take for granted for the first time. I’m still mixed on how the medical information was handled and I don’t know if I have a clear opinion. I did google several items that we did not experience in our journey but I was too afraid of falling down an internet black hole to do comprehensive research. Overall, this is a well-written, interesting book that just may not have been the best choice for me to read. I received an ARC of this book through BookishFirst in exchange for an honest review.