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Waiting for the Miracle
- Narrated by: Avena Mansergh-Wallace, Roisin O’Neill
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
Anna McPartlin's new novel is a powerful and emotional exploration of motherhood, filled with unique and unforgettable characters, as funny as it is moving and as poignant as it is wise.
2010
Caroline has hit rock bottom. After years of trying, it's clear she can't have children, and the pain has driven her and her husband apart. She isn't pregnant, her husband is gone and her beloved dog is dead.
The other women at her infertility support group have their own problems, too. Natalie's girlfriend is much less excited about having children than she is. Janet's husband might be having an affair. And then there's Ronnie, intriguing, mysterious Ronnie, who won't tell anyone her story.
1976
Catherine is 16 and pregnant. Her boyfriend wants nothing to do with her, and her parents are ashamed. When she's sent away to a convent for pregnant girls, she is desperate not to be separated from her child. But she knows she might risk losing the baby forever.
Critic reviews
"Beautiful, heart-wrenching and raw. A joy." (Sinéad Moriarty)
"An enthralling read with brilliant characterisation, heartbreaking plotting, and so many laughs along the way." (Liz Nugent)
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-07-21
A real gem !
What a wonderful read, full of interesting characters that you really cared for, such a brilliant story… I thought I had it worked out ..( however I hadn’t !)
A real page turner that I wanted to keep listening to at every available opportunity ….
Beautifully written & first class narration … highly recommended … off to discover my next audible by this gem of an author !
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-06-21
Beautiful book
A beautiful story with excellent performances. It’s a rollercoaster of emotion and an empathic insight into the fraught world of fertility and the shameful history of mother & baby homes.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-02-22
Great audiobook
I was hesitant about this book because I’ve been through fertility treatment and it’s a triggering subject, some of the medical info wasn’t 100% but it didn’t stop me listening. The juxtaposition of the two stories/eras really worked and the narrators were spot on. Tearful and humorous. Lots of emotions felt throughout.
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- H L Mitchell
- 15-03-24
I loved this book Great narration , happy and sad in equal measure but hopeful and honest
I can't think of anything at all I disliked
I loved it
will look at other titles by author
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- brainbow
- 18-01-24
Katherine's story
what a lovely , sad, fun,gripping, and determined story about women and their journeys with pregnancy. Katherine was an inspirational lady
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- Christina Cowan
- 04-11-23
From start to finish
Loved this book from start to finish. cried hard at the end for all the young women who had such similar stories. Highly recommend.
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- Mary
- 17-10-23
Great book.
Loved the book from start to finish. Storyline very good with happy and sad moments. All you can want in a good book. Good narration too. Highly recommended.
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- dk.bookworm
- 11-10-23
Wonderful
This book certainly brought out all the emotions , and one of those books that stays with you long after reading it.
A group of women coping with infertility in various ways , each person’s personal story being unraveled along the way . Catherine’s story in particular is heartbreaking. Wonderfully told
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- VB
- 26-08-23
Wow!
I listened to this book over one weekend whilst decorating and laughed and cried - it was simply brilliant in every way ❤️
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- Waltzingfrog
- 26-08-23
A really gripping read well told
A really great read. The four main modern day characters’ various struggles with fertility were well told as was the collateral emotional fall out for all involved.
The parallel telling of Catherine’s heart wrenching experience as an unmarried mother during Ireland’s shameful ‘Magdalene laundry’ era was skilfully merged.
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