Review: Enjoyed it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2013
This would be the worst possible scenario for a mother: birthing triplets in a country that has a law that says that only the firstborn baby triplet has to live. When Danai birthed her triplets, she did what we might all consider natural for a mother ― she followed her maternal instincts and decided to save the lives of her newborn babies.But her decision was not considered natural in her world. It was believed that multiples had one soul and thus only the firstborn of a set of multiples had to be allowed to live. The other babies had to be killed. Two of Danai's triplets were not considered real babies, but just images of the firstborn triplet. Keeping all triplets alive, it was believed, would anger the spirits of the ancestors and bring bad luck and disasters onto the land.As such, the punishment for breaking the law that governed twins, triplets and quads was execution. When Danai and her daughter decided to save the triplets, they risked the lives of all the members of their family. They had to hide two of the triplets, not only from outsiders, but from the father of the triplets as well. This is a good story that will entertain you all the way.