- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (29 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844880605
- ISBN-13: 978-1844880607
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 143,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Martina Devlin's writing: 'Martina Devlin immediately grabs your heart' Jilly Cooper on Three Wise Men 'Unusually compassionate and psychologically convincing popular fiction, entertaining, engrossing, yet sensitive to lived realities' Irish Independent on Be Careful What You Wish For
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Ireland on Sunday, September 4, 2005
"This memoir is devastatingly honest and bursting with emotion."
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...but a very good place to start for those trying to learn more about assisted reproduction. This book deals very well with the emotional effects of infertility, and especially the process of IVF. The author, an Irish journalist, opens up to an extent I found uncomfortable in her sad journey. Ultimately there is no fairytale ending, but a lesson in acceptance of the hand of fate.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A must read for anyone that is in denial or struggling to come to terms with the sorrow, grief and sense of failure that is associated with longing for a child and still waiting. At last I have acknowledged my own grief and realised that I am not being neurotic or hysterical feeling as I do, because Martina Devlin was able to vocalise emotions that I had struggled to express myself. I bought another book and sent it to a friend in a similar situation and she responded by saying that she hoped her husband would read the book to help him understand how she was feeling. I found it really inspiring and it gave me a sense of hope for my own future, even though the book does not have the fairytale ending. Martina has given me the gift of being able smile again by teaching me to live in the moment. There is no tomorrow, today is the only reality.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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this is, without doubt the best ever book I have ever read on this subject. It was so real and so close to my experience I almost felt as if I was holding hands with the author. It explains the agony of infertility so well and the hope and terror of IVF and how it consumes every part of your life - I felt normal and understood when reading this amazing book and cannot thank Martina Devlin enough for sharing her story.
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