I loved this book. In a way it suprises me that I liked it so much, because there is a bit of an emphasis on the supernatural, and that is generally not my cup of tea. However, the writing of this book was just so good, with the author skeptical herself, and so somehow, the whole supernatural stuff was tolerable.
This is a memoir, written by Martha Beck about the time that she was pregnant with her son, Adam. Adam is known to have Down's Syndrome from about her fourth month of a difficult pregnancy. Within her environment (Harvard - both are PhD students) she and her husband receive almost no support for their decision to keep the child. The book basically chronicles her experiences, thoughts and her journey. I found it to be just wonderful, with many insightful thoughts that would apply in any person's life.
Martha's name was familiar to me, and I've since remembered that she writes articles for several magazines (I just read one in "O"), I think they are mostly about parenting, life, humorous stuff. And I just loved her writing style, very engaging, very funny and insightful.
High marks from me and I would recommend it: 9/10
