It's a miracle when Katherine 's baby boy is born healthy. But his twin sister doesn't survive, and when Katherine is told she can't have any more children the loss is almost too much for her to bear.
Katherine always saw herself having a big family: she remembers how the loneliness of being an only child used to overwhelm her, and she is desperate to adopt a sibling for her son.
But her husband Davis won't agree. He worries that Katherine will struggle when the new baby arrives. What if growing their family only adds to the grief she feels over losing her little girl? What if this breaks their marriage apart?
And Katherine is forced to make a choice. Give up the second child she has always dreamed of or risk losing the family she already has? An unforgettable and heart-wrenching page-turner about fighting for those we love. Readers of Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain and Kate Hewitt will remember this story forever.***
I stared open-mouth at the man dressed in pale blue scrubs standing opposite me in the waiting room. ONE, HAZEL
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(@bookouture, 2 November 2020, 283 pages, ebook, #ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 6 November)
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I wept reading this, great big noisy sobs, eyes scrunched up and a salty taste in my mouth. I believe I drooled a little. There may have been snot bubbles. I can't recommend this beautiful, heart-breaking and gut-wrenching novel enough. My Only Child is incredible book. It's been ages since a book affected me so much. I loved the fact the book moves between the present with Katherine and Davis coping with their grief in very different ways and the past of Katherine's Mum, Hazel, showing her marriage to a high functioning alcoholic, the truth about Katherine's origin and her own loss which causes her to fear for the path her grieving daughter is on. I wasn't sure how things were going to turn out but I loved the direction the book took.