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The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls by Ursula Hegi
4.0
A huge thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.
This book is wonderful. It is an unforgettable story about shattered lives, picking up the pieces, and using sorrow to forge a new path.
Set in 1878, it is the story of an unforeseen tragedy that takes the lives of innocent children, The bereaved mother finds strength and solidarity and support from two other women. The women are at different stages of motherhood, but they find common ground and come to rely on each other. They share their stories of joy and loss, motherhood and marriage, journeys begun and promises broken.
Lotte has lost her children to the unforgiving treachery of Nature. Sabine is the mother of a grown daughter, trying to make a place for herself in the new reality of a childless home. Tilli is facing the greatest challenge of her life - giving birth alone, as an unwed mother.
The intricately woven plot bears all of the signatures of Hegi's evocative writing - lush description, deep explorations of family and faith, and scenes of tender remonstrance and bonding.
This book is wonderful. It is an unforgettable story about shattered lives, picking up the pieces, and using sorrow to forge a new path.
Set in 1878, it is the story of an unforeseen tragedy that takes the lives of innocent children, The bereaved mother finds strength and solidarity and support from two other women. The women are at different stages of motherhood, but they find common ground and come to rely on each other. They share their stories of joy and loss, motherhood and marriage, journeys begun and promises broken.
Lotte has lost her children to the unforgiving treachery of Nature. Sabine is the mother of a grown daughter, trying to make a place for herself in the new reality of a childless home. Tilli is facing the greatest challenge of her life - giving birth alone, as an unwed mother.
The intricately woven plot bears all of the signatures of Hegi's evocative writing - lush description, deep explorations of family and faith, and scenes of tender remonstrance and bonding.