God I love Jodi Picoult – on a good day when I haven’t read too many of her novels in a row (they can get a bit samey given half a chance) she’s an incredible author.
I will admit from the off I had to skim read this a bit as I am about as squeamish as they come, and Nicholas Prescott is a surgeon, specifically one that mends broken hearts.
Paige Prescott meets her husband when she is merely a child that has run away from home, he becomes a strong protective force in her life until she becomes pregnant. Having neglected to tell the truth at the beginning of their relationship Paige allows her childhood secret to eat her alive until one day she leaves Nicholas and baby Max to find her mother.
Paige’s mother much like her just upped and left one day with no apparent thought for her child, Paige then does the same to her father and then her child and husband.
Whilst she is fighting with her guilt she fixes her relationship with her mother enough to go home where the fight begins again. Having had to juggle baby Max and his career as the top heart surgeon Nicholas has no time for his wife and pushes her further away.
Paige finds unexpected solace with her in laws who originally tried to push her away, Astrid and Robert adore their grandchild and slowly try to encourage their daughter in law to fight for her marriage.
Paige later becomes Nicholas’ shadow within the hospital as a volunteer and it is not until the end when Max becomes gravely ill that the two bond once more.
I would urge you to read this book, it’s an emotional roller coaster but well worth the effort!
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