Ordinary Miracles: A Novel
by By Crew, Linda
Category: Fiction , General

Betsy Bonden is the last person who ever expected to come down with baby fever. Besides the fact that she's a bit ambivalent about motherhood in the first place, she's already plenty busy restoring old houses, and life on the Oregon farm she and her husband, Gil, run is happy, hectic, and full.Then they're hit with the verdict - infertility - and soon it's clear that nothing will ever be the same again.Betsy is shocked to find herself one of those women whose heart aches at the sight of a stroller or the news of a friend's pregnancy, and her days deteriorate into one long roller-coaster ride of exhilaration and despair as she and Gil negotiate the endless round of lab tests, temperature charts, and sex on schedule that comprise their therapy.Ordinary miracles is a warm, funny exploration of the blind craving for children experienced by so many of us, the passionate drive to reproduce that seems to defy all rational analysis. Beyond that, Linda Crew celebrates the delights and challenges of an old-fashioned yet up-to-date marriage with sensitivity, grace, and not a little humor.For anyone who has ever longed for a child, Ordinary Miracles is a compassionate, joyful novel, sure to evoke both tears and smiles.