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ajsmitherz226's review
5.0
Wonderful book! Filled with so much raw emotion. The loss of a baby is such an incredibly painful event to go through. Amy's ability to channel those emotions into this amazing book is incredible. Can't wait to read more from this author.
awebster92's review
5.0
Read this review and more at The Bohemian Housewife Blog
This book destroyed my heart. Amy Daws' story it raw, emotional, and heartfelt. I'm no stranger to the struggles of pregnancy loss but I luckily found the cause of mine (Lupus and clotting genes). One day, I hope we will be able to grow our family when my body is healthy enough. For now, I thought since it had been 2 years since my last pregnancy loss, I would be fine listening to this book at the gym. I was wrong; I also believed I was alone in the ladies weight room and someone snuck up on me to ask if I was okay as I was wiping my eyes. Like I said in my blog's facebook post, it's hard to explain that a book is ripping your heart out while you're exercising.
I did not expect Amy to be so straightforward about the struggles and to be honest, I thought a lot of the emotions I felt were problems only I had. The jealousy, sadness, and all around heartbreak of the experience. It's not something I would wish on anyone. Even though I'm not in any way religious, I found comfort in this book. Her story touched me and made me feel like I wasn't alone in my "insanity". There have been so many occasions when I felt crazy because of my lashing out at my husband or the jealousy I had for my pregnant friends. Each year that goes by, I find myself overcoming those feelings and this book helped in a lot of ways. While I am sad she had to endure those heartbreaks, I am so happy she wrote this book. I would recommend it to anyone that has struggled with pregnancy loss or infertility. I loved it and there is a good chance I'll re-read it in paper form later on.
(I listened to the audio version and I found the narrator to be fine. I haven't listened to many narrators to really give an opinion.)
This book destroyed my heart. Amy Daws' story it raw, emotional, and heartfelt. I'm no stranger to the struggles of pregnancy loss but I luckily found the cause of mine (Lupus and clotting genes). One day, I hope we will be able to grow our family when my body is healthy enough. For now, I thought since it had been 2 years since my last pregnancy loss, I would be fine listening to this book at the gym. I was wrong; I also believed I was alone in the ladies weight room and someone snuck up on me to ask if I was okay as I was wiping my eyes. Like I said in my blog's facebook post, it's hard to explain that a book is ripping your heart out while you're exercising.
I did not expect Amy to be so straightforward about the struggles and to be honest, I thought a lot of the emotions I felt were problems only I had. The jealousy, sadness, and all around heartbreak of the experience. It's not something I would wish on anyone. Even though I'm not in any way religious, I found comfort in this book. Her story touched me and made me feel like I wasn't alone in my "insanity". There have been so many occasions when I felt crazy because of my lashing out at my husband or the jealousy I had for my pregnant friends. Each year that goes by, I find myself overcoming those feelings and this book helped in a lot of ways. While I am sad she had to endure those heartbreaks, I am so happy she wrote this book. I would recommend it to anyone that has struggled with pregnancy loss or infertility. I loved it and there is a good chance I'll re-read it in paper form later on.
(I listened to the audio version and I found the narrator to be fine. I haven't listened to many narrators to really give an opinion.)
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