‘My Life For Yours’ by Vanessa Carnevale is a book that stays with you long after you have turned the final page. It is a heart wrenching, soul searching story. One which no one ever wishes to experience in their lifetime, but, sadly, it happens to some.
Paige and Nick are a couple who have everything they need and the final piece of happiness is the baby boy they are expecting. Then, they discover Paige has a rare heart condition which could kill her and their baby, Max is born asleep. They are told to wait until Paige has her condition under control then try for a baby but as life is, nothing goes to plan and she discovers she is pregnant again.
This is a heartbreaking story of an impossible choice that not one of us should need to make. They have already had a loss they can hardly take then are faced with this.
A story any mother will be able to empathise with, I could, and found it was a sucker punch when faced with a decision that either leaves Nick as a single father, without his beloved wife or as a widow because Paige could easily die also. Then there is the other option of losing another child. A horrific decision to make.
A highly emotional story and one which the author has treated exquisitely. She has found the right balance of emotion with hope for the book. Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for the ARC to write this blog post today.
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