Journal Entry 1 by CrazyDutchwoman from Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, August 29, 2010

Things break all the time.
Day breaks, waves break, voices break.
Promises break.
Hearts break.

Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, if they'd given the choice. Instead they are consumed by sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and worst of all, the what-ifs. What if five-year-old Willow had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because she is smart as a whip, pretty as her mother, kind, brave and an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and Sean to confront the most serious what-ids of all. What if Charlotte should have known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more.

What constitutes a valuable life? 

Journal Entry 2 by CrazyDutchwoman at Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Friday, September 03, 2010

Finished this morning: September 3- 2010.

Wow. what a book. I could not stop reading last night and normally when i wake up the first thing i do is go on the computer but this time I had to to finish it and I just did. Wow. that is the word that comes to mind.

Thought provoking to say the least. This is a book that will keep you thinking cause even though the people in the book have totally different opinions Jodi Picoult makes it so that you can feel sympathy for most of the people in the book. (Exception : Lawyer of Piper)

Finished this book maybe but not really cause I keep on thinking about it. How is Amelia now. What's wrong with Piper? How is Charlotte doing now. If a book leaves me like this it is worth 5 stars.

One thing not so good was the coincidence of somethings like the lawyers birth mom happens to be a jury member. naah. too much but that is the only negative.