5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring holiday story, December 6, 2008
This review is from: A Candle For Nick (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)
Wow - this was a heartwarming family drama about a young boy stricken with leukemia, and the choices his mother must make in order to save his life. Although not Jewish myself, I was touched by how the characters drew on their faith, and on the comforts of their religious traditions/celebrations, for strength and courage. A very well-done holiday story!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Mallory's Choice, January 9, 2007
This review is from: A Candle For Nick (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)
In Lorna Michael's emotionally gripping A CANDLE FOR NICK, a woman must make the hardest decision imaginable: A choice between her one true love and the health, possibly even the life, of her child.
When widowed Mallory Brenner's only son Nick is diagnosed with leukemia, her world is shattered--again. Of course she wants the best pediatric oncologist for her ten-year-old child, though it means leaving her family and small town and traveling to a medical center in Houston. But the cancer specialist turns out to be Dr. Kent Berger, Mallory's first and only real love, the man who left her eleven years ago with nothing but empty promises. Well, something else.
It's not just an issue of suppressing old hurt feelings to maintain a professional relationship with the man who holds her son's life in his hands. Kent is Nick's father. And that's a secret Mallory must keep at any price. Even when, in the months of treatment that follow, Kent develops a special interest in Nick, and Mallory and Kent rekindle their once-passionate relationship. Especially then. Because if he knows Nick is his son, Kent will have to stop treating him and refer him to another doctor. And by now Nick's life is not just physically committed to his doctor, but emotionally. He believes only Dr. Berger can make him well.
With heart-wrenching irony, Ms. Michaels bring that truth home. What mother wouldn't live a lie to save her child's life? But eventually Nick's only hope is a transplant, and the hospital is unable to find a match in a registry, and has exhausted the supply of possible family donors.
Except one.
Lorna Michaels keeps you glued to the page in this wonderfully written story about the miracle of hope. One of her best yet.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Heartstrings, Hope and Healing, November 2, 2006
This review is from: A Candle For Nick (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is my first Lorna Michaels book and it won't be my last.
This story of a woman fighting to save the life of her son is truly touching. She must face the father of her son - the only doctor that can save his life. The only problem is he doesn't know he's the father.
Michaels' gentle weaving of Judaism was a delight. Not ofen does a book educate, involve and pull at your heart the way this book does.
I never felt as if I were reading a medical text when she dealt with the boy's illness. She manages to speak at a level that explains, but keeps you close to the heart of the characters.
I definitely recommend this book. I opened it early one evening and didn't put it down until I'd read the last word on the last page.
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