Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Atria (March 3, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743296419
ISBN-13: 978-0743296410
Publisher: Atria (March 3, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743296419
ISBN-13: 978-0743296410
Synopsis
Things break all the time.Day breaks, waves break, voices break.Promises break.Hearts break.
Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, well, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health.
Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte should have known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?
Emotionally riveting and profoundly moving, Handle with Care brings us into the heart of a family bound by an incredible burden, a desperate will to keep their ties from breaking, and, ultimately, a powerful capacity for love. Written with the grace and wisdom she's become famous for, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult offers us an unforgettable novel about the fragility of life and the lengths we will go to protect it.
2 comments:
Now this just made my day -and my daughter, Mandy's too! We are both big, actually huge, Jodi Picoult fans. We've purchased everyone of her books to date and kind of run our own little private lending system to family and friends so they too can experience Jodi Picoult!
When I mentioned this book being released March 3rd to Mandy, I also told her that it is about a couple with a special needs child. How much of a pull do you think that aspect will have for Mandy and for me to get and read this book -considering both Mandy's little ones are autistic?
Thanks again for the head's up. Which reminds me too -I need to renew my Barnes & Noble membership this month!
Peace.
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