Francesca Segal

This is one of the stories where there isn't a plot twist or a major event that defines the book. Instead this is a story about a community and more specifically one man's internal struggle with himself and his life. His struggle isn't one of those "deep" emotional struggles, but I found it and the entire story insightful and honest.

I tend to like these type of novels- almost a look into how other people live but without overdone drama. The writing in this book was wonderful, although I have to admit that it didn't draw me in at first, but once it did I was hooked.… (meer)

It takes a village to raise a child, I imagine it takes a city to raise a pre-term and can only fathom that twin pre-mies might be a state-level responsibility :) This book is a literary cum poetic memoir of a writer who chances to become a mum of not one, but twin premies and struggles, but objectively views her journey of motherhood. More importantly, whilst surviving & thriving thru her journey, she builds a sistership of motherhood with other mums of preterm babies as she shares the 'milking shed' with them in the NICU. I picked up this book to learn about the struggles of new mums with pre-term babies in the NICU, more from a professional viewpoint given the specialised milk formula variants I market as part of an infant formula portfolio, but I ended up liking it even otherwise for the celebration of the lows & highs of a pre-term's family that the book exposes one to - a topic not much talked or written about and as much important to appreciate for its delicacy & emotional turbulence.Kudos to all the parents for their early struggles to see these un-chiseled jewels shine on in life!… (meer)