Handle With Care

Synopsis:
When Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe’s daughter, Willow, is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, they are devastated – she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. As the family struggles to make ends meet to cover Willow’s medical expenses, Charlotte thinks she has found an answer. If she files a wrongful birth lawsuit against her ob/gyn for not telling her in advance that her child would be born severely disabled, the monetary payouts might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. But it means that Charlotte has to get up in a court of law and say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she’d known about the disability in advance – words that her husband can’t abide, that Willow will hear, and that Charlotte cannot reconcile. And the ob/gyn she’s suing isn’t just her physician – it’s her best friend.

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*Spoilers ahead*

My motherly instinct was what made me spent RM40 to get the book off the shelf.

Now I wish I could get half of that money back.

The buku is very captivating, if you ask me. It kept me glued sampaiiiiiiiiii the last chapter. Cara dia tulis cerita ni macam diary. All characters write their stories and address them all to Willow. You read about Charlotte's struggle with the whole wrongful birth issue, Sean's to convince Willow that he loves her no matter what her mom would say, Amelia's to get noticed by her parents who are so busy with Willow, Piper's to belief the fact that her bestfriend is suing her. You read about all but Willow's.

Lepas tu sambil baca aku pun ada conflict sendiri, would I do the same had it been my son? Would I lie that I wish my son had never been born, all for the sake of getting more money so that my son will get the best treatment there is? Or would I rather have my son not have all that than lying to the public?

So, why, if it is that interesting, that I want half my money back?

Because the ending sucks. BIG TIME.

Ada ke lepas cerita panjang-panjang, pasal masuk court, tau sapa menang and dapat duit ke tak and what not, only to find out that all that effort is in vain??? Bodo betul wasting my tears aje.

Willow's story became the ending of the book. You get to finally know how Willow really feels the whole time. How it feels to break bones, to hear your mother testifying that she wishes you were never born, to have a father who is seldom home, to have parents who are constantly fighting and to have a sister who is mentally psycho. Lepas tu last sekali, about dua - tiga final sentences of the book, rasa macam nak campak2 and pijak2 and buat sup je buku tu. Marah betul gue.