Julie Cohen
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.92 | 2097 Users | 308 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Dear Thing |
| ISBN: | 1250081505 (ISBN13: 9781250081506) |
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After years of watching her best friends Ben and Claire try for a baby, Romily has offered to give them the one thing that they want most.Romily expects it will be easy to be a surrogate. She's already a single mother, and she has no desire for any more children. But Romily isn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben and Claire-and even destroy their marriage.
Now there are three friends, two mothers and only one baby, and an impossible decision to make...
Thought-provoking, heart-rending but ultimately uplifting, Julie Cohen's Dear Thing is a book you won't be able to put down, until you pass it on to your best friends.
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| Title | : | Dear Thing |
| Author | : | Julie Cohen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | March 29th 2016 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published April 11th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Fiction. Contemporary. Romance |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 2097 Users | 308 ReviewsCommentary About Books Dear Thing
Claire and Ben are desperate to have a child. Despite numerous fertility issues, Claire finally becomes pregnant and ends up miscarrying right away. Enter Ben's best friend Romily, a single-mother who volunteers to have a child or them. Dear Thing is the nick-name for the child that brings them all together in a triangle of hurt and anguish. Author Cohen keeps the plot moving rapidly, and you feel and angst of each of the characters. It was a quick and entertaining read filled with provocativeWhat a treasure! The emotions jump out of the book, grab you by the hand and drag you in. Perfecly chosen title, beautifull cover, wonderful story, fluent read. It's hard to put it down.
This was a seriously amazing book. Happily married couple Ben and Claire can't conceive. After many failed attempts and another painful miscarriage, Claire gives up. Ben, however is determined for them to have their baby and vows to find a way. One drunken evening in the pub, Ben's lifelong best friend Romily offers to have their child FOR them. But little do any of them know, Romily is in love with Ben. Always has been. My own views on surrogacy remain the same - a selfless, wonderful act but
Dear Thing is an absolutely beautiful story about all the things that go right and wrong when you try to have a baby through a surrogate mother.Claire and Ben have been trying to have a baby for years, have spent lots of time and money on IVF treatments, but no go. When Claire is on the verge of losing hope altogether, it is Ben's best friend Romily who promptly offers up her womb. The thing is, Romily isn't entirely selfless, because she's been in love with Ben for years. Cue a fair bit of
4.5 Stars. I really, really liked this book a lot. I don't know why, but I kept letting it sit there on my TBR pile, passing it by for yet another book. Finally it came down to almost crunch time and it was next on the list. I could pass it up no more. What an eejit to have let this book sit there so long. I loved the story, the characters were so believable and I found myself going back and forth. One minute I was for them, the next I wasn't. And it was all because of human emotions and how
I was a good reads first reads winner of this giveaway."Dear Thing" by Julie Cohen . Romily and Claire have been friends for years. Claire has been trying to have a baby for years she has gone through many painful procedures that failed. Romily offers to be a surrogate for Claire and her husband Ben. Romily has secretly loved Ben since college. She thinks this can be an easy thing to do. Instead of going through an official procedure Romily takes a tube of Ben's sperm and inserts it herself.
Dear Thing is an absolutely beautiful story about all the things that go right and wrong when you try to have a baby through a surrogate mother.Claire and Ben have been trying to have a baby for years, have spent lots of time and money on IVF treatments, but no go. When Claire is on the verge of losing hope altogether, it is Ben's best friend Romily who promptly offers up her womb. The thing is, Romily isn't entirely selfless, because she's been in love with Ben for years. Cue a fair bit of
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