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Nobody's Child (2011)

by Austin Boyd(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0310328195 (ISBN13: 9780310328193)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Zondervan

review 1: I loved this book so much! I could not put it down! Nope, I read it in 2 days! I actually started this review and had to go back and start over! I loved it so much I just wanted to tell everything about it! I truly hate reviews with alot of spoilers and I know if you read through my blog you will notice, they all say spoiler alert.... I am so sorry. But when I fall in love with a book, I want you to fall in love with it too. I want you to know everything that I love about it and for this book. I pretty much loved EVERYTHING except Uncle Jack. Ugh! I wanted to punch him right in the face and I am not a violent person. Dear Austin, if this Uncle Jack is based on a real person, please send him my way! Lol. But the real story in this awesome book is the struggle of a young gir... morel to keep her final promise to her Daddy. To take care of their farm and add her link to the chain. And yes, I said Daddy and if she were here and you called him her father, she would correct you too. Their connection was so much more than that. He was her best friend, her everything, he was her Daddy. And she was his Peppermint. I mean come on whats not to love about that! Haha I wanna have another little girl so I can call her that! :) I'm totally gonna steal that too Austin! Laura Ann is a fighter, strong willed, and a hard worker. Despite all the trials thrown in her way, they make her work that much harder to prove not only to others but to herself that she can make it through this. It takes her a long time to finally let go and let God provide for her. She goes as far as to sell a very precious piece of herself to get money to take care of her Daddy and her farm. She sells her eggs, her "link" in her family chain. Despite the misfortune of having Uncle Jack constantly on her heels, Laura Ann has some wonderful people in her life. God has blessed her with two especially great friends in Granny Apple and Ian. I truly enjoyed watching her relationship with Ian blossom into more than friendship. I think before she ever realized it was taking that route, they had become a family all their own. Inseparable. When Sophia shows up in her life, unexpected and at first unwanted, the storms in her life are both internal and literal. But I am thankful that they happened when they did. It gave these characters a chance to get to know each other, when Laura Ann wanted Sophia to just disappear. I don't think we would have had that without the storms. I loved watching these two complete strangers learn about one another. As they grew to like each other, and eventually love each other. A love that made them sisters in both their eyes. And the love of a child that they both in some form would be a mother to.This book brings up lots of questions, things to think about. In our world today, science is a ever changing thing. They are always creating new things to try. New ways to create life. New ways to save life, in ways never thought possible. Is making a baby by putting an egg and sperm together in a dish and then putting it into a mother the right thing to do... I don't really know the answer to that. I think that God gives us the knowledge to do things, but we also have to know when we shouldn't do them too. I don't really know what my feelings are on this subject per say, but then, I am also a mother of 2 beautiful little girls and don't have to hope for a family that I know my body alone can't give me. I suspect that had I not been able to have a baby on my own, I might have tried something like this eventually. So, with that said, I guess my answer will be forever that I can't know for sure unless I am put into a situation where I needed to use something like this and then make the decision of whether or not I think its right for me. I really have loved every minute of this book! I mean, how couldnt I, there is a Brewer in it :) (my maiden name). And I don't want to give away anymore than I have to, because I want you to love it as well. I just have to say that I am so happy with the way that things turned out for Laura Ann, Ian, James, and especially Auntie Rose and Uncle Jack lol. This was a very touching story. One that I am very excited to share with my friends and family and my readers!
review 2: I loved this book and would of read it in one sitting but life got in the way.When I first read the book cover I knew I wanted to/had to read it.Man am I glad I did. Laura Ann McGehee makes a choice in life to get through a hard time, a choice I myself have thought about for other reasons. After reading this it makes you stop and wondering about a lot of what ifs.I would recommend this book to anyone who will let me yak about it.There is some Christian undertones but it is scattered though out the book and does not overload you on it at any point. **I may come back once my mind is clear to fix this up a bit** less

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