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Shattered Dreams: An African-American Family Story

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SHATTERED DREAMS is a perfect synopsis of the ideal life pictured by Felicia Wainwright. Here she is the beautiful, housewife of a very successful, very handsome lawyer who adored her. A loving family surrounds them, yet she couldn't have the one thing that would complete her role as a woman. As desperately as Felicia and Warren had tried to conceive, they found that they were unable to do so by some of Felicia's own personal ailments.

The news of her inability to conceive because all-consuming, sending Felicia into a tailspin. Ultimately, it causes some deep self-reflection for both Felicia and Warren. Eventually, they are confronted with the crossroads of leaving their marriage or wrapping it all back together again. They hit some serious bumps along the way that seem all-too-predictable.

Ms. Hayes has a good story line overall, but I did truly think this book was predictable and there were some convenient fixes to otherwise difficult situations. Since the basis of the book revolved around Felicia's inability to conceive, I felt more time discussion should have been given to the specific reasons of her problems. In doing so Ms. Hayes may have been able to develop somewhat deeper, more believable characters. All in all, I still thought SHATTERED DREAMS was a good read and found myself wanting to know what would happen next to the Wainwrights.

Reviewed by Nedine
of the RAWSISTAZ Reviewers