Customer Reviews

The Long-Awaited Child

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I read this book in one sitting as soon as I got it in the mail. It was a very moving, touching book. The author does not offer easy answers, but deals with real issues surrounding inferitility and adoption. It was great to see the characters draw closer to God as they dealth with this difficult situation. Highly recommended, but be ready for an emotional read.

This story is one of the best I've read in a long time on the subject of infetility and adoption. There's nothing more agonizing and stressful than not able to concieve, and Peterson captures the emotion perfectly. And when a fourteen-year-old girl gets pregnant, the couple is happy to bring her into their life. With a surprising and tearful ending, you will be glued to the pages to the very end. It make me cry so much I had to hide in my bedroom for about an hour before I could calm down! I highly recommend this book to anyone dealing with infertility or even anyone wanting to know more about the subject. I would give this book 10 stars if I could!

You will need it with this book. This is a good book about adoption, infertility, broken homes, and how God can help people in their lives. I found the book very emotional. The characters, although not very deep, seem to resonate with a purpose. You don't get to know any of the characters VERY well, but you get an understanding of what Tess & Sherry have gone through.

After all the despair, there is light at the end of the tunnel with this book, as the author places a nice little epilogue at the end...

Tracie Peterson tackles infertility and adoption in this book. Kudos to her for choosing an issues that is not often the topic of a novel. From personal experience, I can say that Ms. Peterson tackles the issues, emotions and situations with stunning clarity and reality. The book is heart-wrenching, as you experience the pains of infertility and teen pregnancy with the characters. The author even gives us a bit of a twist at the end of the book, which I had not expected. The best part of this book are the lessons the characters learn on how to trust in God and leave everything to Him. It is a good quick read, and one that I will read again.

I read this book back when I was in high school and I loved it. So much that now, 10 years later, I was on the search for this book. I couldn't remember the title and was on the hunt for over two hours searching. That is how much I wanted to find this book. I always remembered the plot and the wonderful ending. It is definitely a bittersweet novel, one that I will definitely buy to keep on my bookshelf. It tells the story of how something is wanted from the pregnant teen and the couple, while even though it is not exactly as they wanted it, they get something that works out just as well for all. I love it!

EXCELLENT BOOK! A MUST READ! God used this book to help change the way I view adoption! :) Captivating story!

Very few books can actually make me cry, but this one was a real tear-jerker. It's a great, poignant story of faith through trials. Well-written and with a great message.

I found this book to be too unrealistic to enjoy fully. True, it's Christian Fiction literature, but everyone in this book that has any relation to the main characters is a Christian, too. It's just too cozy that the business partner, doctor, laywer and judge share the same faith as Tess and her friends. I agree with another reviewer that the dialogue is too unrealistic and stilted - it seems forced somehow. I'm aware that infertility can be heartbreaking and a real cross to bear for some families. As tragic as it is to be unable to conceive a child, it took Tess well over 80 pages to stop whining about it. That coupled with her inconsideration toward her husband's desire for a child (naturally conceived or adopted) just irritated me.

This book is full of all the emotions that infertility, adoption, and broken homes can bring. Tracie Peterson does a very good job of making the reader feel for the characters in the book. It is not a very long book so it was easy for me to read in just a few days. I gave it 4 stars because while it was done very well, it is not Tracie's best work.

This book was my first attempt at reading from the Christian fiction genre. I wish I had picked something else as I was severely disappointed.

This book sucked on a number of levels: The writing was stilted, the dialogue stiff and unrealistic, and the main character, a 36-year-old affluent infertile woman, was unsympathetic and stuck-up. (She goes through a change of outlook, but it comes off ridiculously unbelievable.)

She calls herself a 'baby Christian' in so many words throughout the book and that is the way she came off 99% of the time. She doesn't even realize that we're not living under Mosaic law anymore by not wanting to work on the Sabbath by having a work-related conversation with a colleague.

Maybe there are some other books out their in the Christian fiction realm that address infertility struggles a little more down-to-earth than this pathetic attempt.