When Marie MacPherson, a mother of two, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at 39, she feels guilty. Her best friend, Elizabeth, has never been able to conceive, despite years of fertility treatments. Marie's dilemma is further complicated when she becomes convinced something is wrong with her baby. She then enters the world of genetic testing and is entirely unprepared for the decision that lies ahead. Intertwined throughout the novel is the story of Margaret, who gave birth to a daughter with Down syndrome in 1947, when such infants were defined as unfinished children. As the novel shifts back and forth through the decades, the lives of the three women converge, and the story speeds to an unexpected conclusion.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Editor: Lisa Martin DeMoor"--Title page verso Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781927366042 9781927366028
- LCCN
- PR9199.4.S52574
- LCCN Item number
- U54 2013eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (304 pages)
- Published in
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00238930 (OCoLC)819134292 (CaOOCEL)453614
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- One 8
- Two 19
- Three 23
- Four 34
- Five 43
- Six 47
- Seven 51
- Eight 53
- Nine 62
- Ten 70
- Eleven 80
- Twelve 88
- Thirteen 94
- Fourteen 104
- Fifteen 109
- Sixteen 117
- Seventeen 121
- Eighteen 125
- Nineteen 129
- Twenty 134
- Twenty-One 138
- Twenty-Two 145
- Twenty-Three 147
- Twenty-Four 159
- Twenty-Five 163
- Twenty-Six 168
- Twenty-Seven 172
- Twenty-Eight 174
- Twenty-Nine 177
- Thirty 184
- Thirty-One 190
- Thirty-Two 195
- Thirty-Three 199
- Thirty-Four 203
- Thirty-Five 215
- Thirty-Six 217
- Thirty-Seven 220
- Thirty-Eight 224
- Thirty-Nine 228
- Forty 232
- Forty-One 247
- Forty-Two 254
- Forty-Three 260
- Forty-Four 266
- Forty-Five 269
- Forty-Six 273
- Forty-Seven 277
- Forty-Eight 282
- Forty-Nine 285
- Fifty 288
- Fifty-One 291
- Fifty-Two 297
- Fifty-Three 302
- Fifty-Four 305
- Fifty-Five 307
- Acknowledgments 312
- About the Author 313
