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A review by sbojo32
The Ones We Choose by Julie Clark
4.0
I read this one after reading The Last Flight and the books couldn't be more different... but I loved them both. Julie Clark is an excellent writer and creates characters that are real and flawed. In this book, Paige is a single mother by choice (she had her son via a sperm donor). However, as her son is getting older, he's upset that he doesn't have a dad or know his dad. He pushes away Paige's boyfriend, Liam. Paige also pushes away Liam, by not letting him truly into her life.
She has her own issues, because her father would leave the family and then come back, repeatedly, when she was growing up. As such, she began working with genetics and found that there is a gene that essentially shows that you don't have the ability to connect with your child as a father.
This book does include a lot of science about genetics and DNA but it is not science-y or over the top at all. In fact, coming from someone who is not a science person, I found the language simple and clear - and interesting. This component of the book made the story more interesting all the way around. I don't want to reveal more, but this was an excellent read.
She has her own issues, because her father would leave the family and then come back, repeatedly, when she was growing up. As such, she began working with genetics and found that there is a gene that essentially shows that you don't have the ability to connect with your child as a father.
This book does include a lot of science about genetics and DNA but it is not science-y or over the top at all. In fact, coming from someone who is not a science person, I found the language simple and clear - and interesting. This component of the book made the story more interesting all the way around. I don't want to reveal more, but this was an excellent read.