title: Always a Mother
author: Warren, Linda
description: They've loved each other all their lives
  
  At eighteen, Claire and Dean were already planning their future. Until they suddenly found themselves parents. With Dean on the road pursuing a football career, raising their daughters became Claire's first priority and full-time job. Now, with the girls grown, she can finally pursue her long-deferred dream of going to college.
  
  Then she gets the news: she's going to be a mother again.
  
  Coming to terms with her midlife pregnancy means confronting her hopes, fears and choices she's made. Through twenty-five years of joy, struggle and near tragedy, the one constant was Claire's love for Dean. Is that love strong enough to weather the biggest crisis of their marriage and help them embrace the future--together?
  
  Hero: Dean Rennels
  Heroine: Claire Rennels