Once again, another book by Jodi Picoult. I just love her style of writing. She generally creates a story from multiple points of view so you can get an understanding of how a couple of the characters view this story. Harvesting The Heart was a really good book. I loved it. I'm not normally into girly books, but this caught my eye.
Here is a bit of a summary:
Paige has some significant demons in her past to overcome. When she was five, her mother disappeared. An only child, she was raised by her father. When she was 18, she had an abortion. This led to a breakup with her boyfriend, and, worried that her father might somehow discover her secret, she chose to run away. She met Nicholas at a diner where she was working. They dated about 4 times, got married, and started their life. He was much older than her and she was only 19. He is in the Harvard Medical School so she never sees him. 5 Years later a baby comes and this is where the story starts. Paige has such a low self image as her as a mother than she ends up leaving the baby with Nicholas for a few months to try and find her mother and to discover how to be a good mother. Maybe it isn't for everyone??
I would say to young mothers: Read this. It shows that nobody really knows the way to be a good mother and it just takes practice.
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