Eager to give her family a new start, impoverished mother of three Stacey Cosgrove agrees to become the surrogate mother for David and Nina Roth, a well-off couple who cannot conceive, but their neat contract soon spawns a vicious custody battle. Reprint. AB.
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Goldreich ( Leah's Journey ) strains her skills in this ungainly novel about surrogate motherhood. Prosperous suburbanites David and Nina Roth, and Hildy, Nina's daughter from a previous marriage, are a happy family until David, haunted by the memory of the Holocaust and his late father's admonition that "where life continues, death is denied," becomes obsessed with fathering a child--even though Nina can no longer conceive. The Roths persuade Stacey Cosgrove, a mother of three, to bear David's baby in return for a large fee that Stacey hopes will give her irresponsible husband a new start in California. The overblown narrative plods along with interesting detail but no real conflicts until the death of Stacey's own daughter skewers everybody's plans. Goldreich coats the controversial issues here in bathetic prose (of mothers grouped in a playground: "They cake their faces with pressed powder to conceal their red eyes and the tracks of tears that fall so often and so suddenly"); her characters are too schematized and her plot devices too implausible to be either affecting or insightful.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
David Roth, having helped raise his wife's daughter from a previous marriage, is obsessed with the idea of fathering his own child and with continuing the Jewish traditions of his ancestors. Because Nina, his wife, can't conceive, the Roths choose Stacey, who loves being pregnant but can't afford to raise another child, to be the surrogate mother. Meanwhile an unexpected tragedy occurs and Stacey finds herself unable to fulfill the contract. Goldreich evokes strong emotions as she explores the heartaches and the unpredictable events that evolve. This is more satisfying than Victor Koman's similar Solomon's Knife ( LJ 4/1/89). Expect high demand in public libraries. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/89.
- Jeannette Rice Erbst, Marlboro Psychiatric Hosp. Lib., N.J.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Jeannette Rice Erbst, Marlboro Psychiatric Hosp. Lib., N.J.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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