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To be fair, this is not a book I would ever read on my own #litsylovewritenbooks. I found the story to be boring, full of details about pregnancy and digs at Harvard that the author didn‘t find ironic (she hates Harvard but mentions she went to Harvard every chapter. She could have stopped name dropping at any time). Yay ? for the author for finding her son to be magical, but I did not enjoy this at all and would never recommend it to anyone

Martha Beck and her husband John live according to plan, led by the rules of Harvard and the implicit ones of growing up in Mormon Utah. Everything changes when Martha gets pregnant with Adam. All ratio must make room for angels and miracles. Everyday magic, as Martha calls it is this memoir, alternates by extreme anxiousness I don‘t know what to believe but it‘s a wonderful story about love and motherhood.

#loveprevails #motherslove

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/beck-adam.html

Read this book when it was published in 1999. My son was 5,but memories of my pregnancy & his early birth(3 & 1/2 weeks) were still fresh.I did have amnio due to my age, which came back negative for Down‘s Syndrome.We felt a sense of relief at the time.The same year that I read the book,we got Robert‘s definitive diagnosis of Autism. 💙💚🧡

What a wonderful and thoughtful surprise arrived today dear Sue 🤍. This book sounds so good and of course you know exactly what I like, since we mostly have similar taste. I just reread your review and I can‘t wait to read it. Thank you so much 🥰😘

The author writes of her life as she physically struggles through a pregnancy which she eventually discovers during her 5th month is a son with Downs Syndrome. More than that though this is a story of the literal presence of angels, love-filled light, and miracles. I‘ve had similar experiences and it was lovely to read of hers. With humor throughout, it‘s a good reminder of what‘s really important and what‘s available to each of us. #bookspin

An uplifting memoir about a Harvard PHD student expecting a Down syndrome baby in the 90's. Colleagues in a high-achieving, perfection striving environment assume she will abort, but an unaccountable force compels her to keep Adam. I loved the author's wit and candor, she tells her story really well. This is laugh-out-loud funny but poignant and real at the same time. I found the use of the R-word jarring but maybe that was still ok in 1999.

I can't wait to read this one one day soon! 😍