Review: Child of Mine
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2013
In her debut novel, author Judy Mollen Walters weaves a poignant and heart wrenching tale of one couple's journey through the trials and tribulations of dealing with infertility and adoption in their quest to have a child.Katie Cohen-Langer has the ideal dream job as a midwife, but the joy of helping other couples have their children is also painful, as she has endured years of failed infertility treatments which has left her emotionally spent and desperate to have her own child. The disappointment of the failed infertility treatments has her husband wanting to consider the process of adoption, but Katie is uncomfortable with pursuing this course of action. She was an adopted child whose parents provided vague information about her biological parents. Feeling the need for closure about her own life history before she could consider the adoption of a child, she begins a search to find out about her birth parents. Will the search for her birth parents provide Katie the closure she needs in order to be able to go adopt a child that she and her husband so desperately want?Child of Mine is an emotionally charged story that will simply tug at your heartstrings. Written in a thoughtful way, author Judy Mollen Walters describes a story that anyone who has walked in Katie's shoes can relate to. The attention to detail and description of the painful journey through failed infertility treatments; pursuing the adoption process; dealing with being an adopted child and/or being the woman who gives up her child (via a "parenting plan"), and dealing with a loved one's dementia is not lost on the reader as they experience the full gamut of emotions. You can't help but have empathy for the couple as they struggled with the pain, helplessness, dejection and desperation that they went through in order to have a child of their own.I personally could relate to this wonderful story that is so beautifully written. It brought back the sad memories of my own pregnancy and miscarriage that I had twenty-two years ago, and the painful failure of being unable to conceive another child. Author Judy Mollen Walters thoughtfully takes from her own personal experiences of conceiving her children via infertility treatment, and delivers a hauntingly poignant story that will resonate with the reader long after the last words have been read.Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author in exchange for my honest review.