Book Rewiew/Giveaway: Three Wishes by Carey Goldberg, Beth Jones, Pamela Ferdinand.

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!! 

Hachette offered me a book on Motherhood this month, based on a true story of 3 good friends, with their own odd paths to motherhood. Three Wishes: Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood is by Carey Goldberg, Beth Jones, Pamela Ferdinand. 

Synopsis: Carey, Beth, and Pam had succeeded at work but failed at romance, and each resolved to have a baby before time ran out. Just one problem: no men. Carey took the first bold step towards single motherhood, searching anonymous donor banks until she found the perfect match. What she found was not a father in a vial, but a sort of magic potion. She met a man, fell in love, and got pregnant the old-fashioned way. She passed the vials to Beth, and it happened again. Beth met man, Beth got pregnant. Beth passed the vials to Pam, and the magic struck again. There were setbacks and disappointments, but three women became three  families, reveling in the shared joy of love, friendship, and never losing hope.

The Authors:
Carey Goldberg has been the Boston bureau chief of the New York Times, Moscow correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and most recently a health and science reporter at the Boston Globe. She now writes happily at home.

Beth Jones is a freelance writer and educator who has contributed to the Boston Globe, the New York Times, and numerous academic journals. She plans to climb many more frozen waterfalls.

Pamela Ferdinand is an award-winning freelance journalist and former reporter for the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Miami Herald. She remains an incorrigible romantic. 

Review: I followed a non-traditional path to Motherhood myself, so I really expected I would like this book, based on it's description. But I think it was because I had been there, and knew that not everybody gets the happy ending/easy way of things happening that occurred in the book, that made it otherwise. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for the authors that everything worked out as they wanted it to, but my experience, and that of my friends, made me question the ho-hum all is right in our world, as we are the priveledged ones sort of mindset,  that seemed to come thru the book.

Maybe for someone who has not had as hard of a time and is just starting down the road of being an older woman (meaning over the age of 30!) and trying to get pregnant, this book would be a great  "be positive" book. But, if you've been on the other side of that line, it may be too much of a 'fairy tale' approach to make you want to pass the book around. So again, as I've told you on other reviews, this book wasn't right for ME, but it might be right for you or someone you know! It's not a bad book, just that your experience is going to sque how you feel about the book (and whether or not you get thru the book)

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 One reader will win this review copy of Three Wishes!

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Disclosure: This book was sent to me free of charge, for review purposes, by Hachette  Publishing. I was not told how to review it however.