Avalanche: A Love Story - Romantic Novel for Adults | Perfect for Valentine's Day Gifts & Book Club Discussions
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An intensely personal narrative of loss, hope, and longing for a child. In this brave and lucid account, Julia Leigh broaches a challenging life event often left undiscussed: how the struggle to have a child can take an agonizing toll. Leigh’s experience at the vanguard of medical science is acutely rendered, physically and emotionally, transmitting what it feels like to so desperately wish for a child while knowing that the odds are stacked against you. From the daily shots she puts herself through at home, to hopes raised and dashed, and finally to the decision to stop treatment, Avalanche bears witness to Leigh’s raw desire, suffering, strength, and, in the end, transformation―a shift to a different kind of love. The reader looks behind the scenes of a clinic and discovers how things really work: reality is a far cry from the slick marketing of the billion-dollar infertility industry. As for so many women, Leigh’s treatment failed, but her ghost child lingers in memory.
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In this spare, poetic book, Julia Leigh weaves a powerful tale of love, marriage, and the quest for motherhood. It’s a very contemporary story of a woman juggling a relationship, career, and a longing for a child, forced to make difficult choices at every turn.Leigh ultimately decides to pursue motherhood alone and quickly finds herself on the slippery slope of fertility treatments. Here she gives a vivid account of the grueling realities of IVF, the many unknowns of reproductive medicine, and the lucrative business of baby-making. She also writes frankly about the emotional and physical toll of treatments, all of which is dismissed by her clinic doctor, who asks, “But how are you financially?”This compelling story is an important book for anyone considering treatments, and also for friends and family members looking to gain insight, understand, and most of all, compassion.
