Infertility has robbed Emma Bronfman of her self-esteem, self-image and self-respect. She and her husband, Steve, have been trying desperately to have a baby for years with no luck. At almost thirty-five years old, Emma can’t seem to get it together. Her beloved mother died several years earlier of lung cancer and her father is about to marry a young, fertile bimbo. Her in-laws are flying in to see their darling Stevie-boy and Emma wonders how she will survive their visit. She is at the end of her rope at her dead-end job at a business school where she teaches typing. And she is sure that Steve’s late nights at a prominent Los Angeles talent agency mean he is having an affair and is planning to leave her. There are many surprises, both humorous and poignant, in store for Emma in her journey through this chapter of her life.
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... this book grabbed me by the heartstrings and would not let go...Very well written! -- Reviewed by Angela Coon for Denise's Pieces Book Reviews
... will stick with you long after reading. I would recommend it to any one of my friends... -- Sara Weis/sarasays.com
...Infused with Nora Ephron-like rhythms and an engaging narrative rife with wide-ranging humor and snappy dialogue... -- The Boox Review Spotlight, November 10, 2003
...a sensationally poignant book that touches your heart in a way few books ever do. -- Susett Castro/reviewer, Roundtable Reviews
...easy to read and...tenderly written with warmth and humor. An excellent effort dealing with a difficult subject matter. -- Sherry Russell,author/reviewer
A powerful work of fiction...Mult-layered characters living realistic lives spring from the pages... -- molly martin/bookpleasures.com
If you are looking for a novel which really grabs at your heart...this is the book to read. -- Sybil Kaplan, reviewer/Jewish Post Opinion
It would be best to start this 181 page novel when you have time to finish it...perceptive and funny. -- NOMOTC Notebook, Jan/Feb 2004
Join Emma on her roller-coaster life...The dialogue is snappy, and you'll enjoy the characters in Emma's life. -- Ann M. Beardsley, reviewer for Scribes World
The writing is easy and real and above all, believable...a good solid story that takes you there and back. -- Cheryl A. Townsend/The Circle magazine
... will stick with you long after reading. I would recommend it to any one of my friends... -- Sara Weis/sarasays.com
...Infused with Nora Ephron-like rhythms and an engaging narrative rife with wide-ranging humor and snappy dialogue... -- The Boox Review Spotlight, November 10, 2003
...a sensationally poignant book that touches your heart in a way few books ever do. -- Susett Castro/reviewer, Roundtable Reviews
...easy to read and...tenderly written with warmth and humor. An excellent effort dealing with a difficult subject matter. -- Sherry Russell,author/reviewer
A powerful work of fiction...Mult-layered characters living realistic lives spring from the pages... -- molly martin/bookpleasures.com
If you are looking for a novel which really grabs at your heart...this is the book to read. -- Sybil Kaplan, reviewer/Jewish Post Opinion
It would be best to start this 181 page novel when you have time to finish it...perceptive and funny. -- NOMOTC Notebook, Jan/Feb 2004
Join Emma on her roller-coaster life...The dialogue is snappy, and you'll enjoy the characters in Emma's life. -- Ann M. Beardsley, reviewer for Scribes World
The writing is easy and real and above all, believable...a good solid story that takes you there and back. -- Cheryl A. Townsend/The Circle magazine
From the Author
I am hoping that this book can help women who are dealing with the emotional impact of infertility so that they don't feel so alone in their pain. I also hope it can help the friends and family of women dealing with infertility to understand the devastating effects infertility can have. And, in the end, I hope this book will entertain, as well as enlighten.
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My Little One,
By Barbara (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Little One (Paperback)
I just finished reading My Little One. It is a very enjoyable and informative book. I never realized the pain and difficulty infertile couples experience. I became very involved with the characters in the story and I hope Ms Rechtman is planning a sequel. I would love to find out what the future holds for all of them.
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To be honest, I didn't really think I would identify much with My Little One's main character, Emma Bronfman. She's a Jewish Californian with infertility problems and a husband she doesn't quite trust; I'm an Alabama Baptist with three kids and an overly devoted husband. But since I love Nancy Rechtman's columns, I wanted to read her novel, and I'm sure glad I did.By the end of chapter one, I felt as if Emma and I were best friends. I held my breath along with her each time she waited to see if she was pregnant and cried with her when she wasn't. I agonized with her over her job woes and her father's impending marriage, laughed with her at her grandmother's cranky remarks and the fun she had with her best friend and sister-in-law. I raged with her at her mother-in-law's insensitive button-pushing, and was seduced with her by her sexy, good-looking husband. As Emma searched her soul and tried to find answers to her life's questions, her musings rang so true that I found myself nodding in agreement as I read, and when she longed to be able to talk to her mother about everything, I missed my own mama and mourned right along with Emma. When I finished My Little One, I was truly sorry to have to say goodbye to my new Jewish friend in California, but I knew she would be all right because she was loved by so many people, including me.
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This review is from: My Little One (Paperback)
In her first book, Nancy Machlis Rechtman puts a slightly different spin on the heartbreaking problem of infertility.My Little One is a strong work of fiction featuring multi layered characters living realistic every day lives. Humans are not perfect and neither is real life. The author captures every nuance of human nature perfectly. Emma Bronfman and her husband Steve are childless after seven years of marriage. Emma's watched friends and family conceive and give birth, attended baptisms and brisses. At thirty-five, she's no longer the pretty young bride full of hope. She's suffered through hormone therapy and the resulting mood swings, grieved over one failed insemination after another, and the strain has precipitated her husband's infidelity. Despite the trials, they love each other, but Emma sees herself as barren, harboring that empty, desolate despair of a wife who can't conceive. And then, as if things weren't bad enough, her sixty one year old father and his twenty five year old fiancee are expecting. I loved this story. It has humor and pathos, despair and hope, dispensed by the generous hand of a promising new writer.
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