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The Latecomer
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
When Salo and Johanna Oppenheimer struggle with infertility, they decide to try IVF which was in its infancy at the time. After several failed attempts, they decided to try one last time and had the doctor implant three embryos and freeze one that they could use later with a surrogate if they needed to. Johanna became pregnant and delivered triplets. When they were in their late teens, Johanna decided they should use that last embryo with a surrogate and they had one more child. The dysfunctional family’s story is told through the eyes of that last child - “the latecomer.”
I picked this book up because several people I know loved it. I enjoyed it a great deal but can’t say that I loved it. It’s not fast paced but I found the characters interesting, even if they weren’t always likable. It took me a while to figure out who was telling the story and I felt it wasn’t always done well - for example, Johanna was referred to “her” mother and “our” mother just a few paragraphs apart.
I picked this book up because several people I know loved it. I enjoyed it a great deal but can’t say that I loved it. It’s not fast paced but I found the characters interesting, even if they weren’t always likable. It took me a while to figure out who was telling the story and I felt it wasn’t always done well - for example, Johanna was referred to “her” mother and “our” mother just a few paragraphs apart.