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From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is. Hunter appeared in their lives just a few years before—and his appearance was as mysterious as his past. With no family, no friends, and a background shrouded in secrets, Hunter embraced the Sears family and never looked back. Now, Hunter is telling her that something can be done about her baby's heart. Something that will shatter every preconceived notion that Caroline has. Something that will require a kind of strength and courage that Caroline never knew existed. Something that will mean a mind-bending leap of faith on Caroline's part. And all for the love of her unborn child. A rich, genre-spanning, breathtaking novel about one mother's quest to save her child, unite her family, and believe in the unbelievable. Diane Chamberlain pushes the boundaries of faith and science to deliver a novel that you will never forget.
Publication Year: 2018
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0The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
I won a copy of this novel on GoodReads from the publishing house. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
If you haven't read Diane Chamberlain before, you really must! She is, truly, one of the most gifted writers.
Time travel is MY JAM so I was REALLY excited to see that her newest historical fiction novel had a science fiction spin that would be focused on time travel.
Diane Chamberlain AND time travel?
SIGN.
ME.
UP.
Set in the 1960's, Carly's husband has passed away in the Vietnam War before she can even share with him the news that she is pregnant.
At her routine doctor's visit, they discover that this baby has a heart condition that cannot be treated and that her baby will die.
It is when she gets this news that her brother-in-law, a gifted physicist, shares with her that there is actually a surgery that can be done, but this surgery won't be available until 2001.
How could he know this?
Well, let's just say that he has time traveled a bit...
With his help, Carly time travels so her child can be part of this experimental surgery. Nothing is guaranteed, but Carly will do anything to save her daughter.
Chamberlain creates such suspense with this story that I could not put it down. This could have quickly turned corny, given the time travel aspect, but she does it with such beauty and believability, even crafting strain on the relationships of those left behind.
I hate to pick favorites, since I have loved so many of her books, but this is definitely one of my top 5 from this author!
Fans of, The Time Traveler's Wife, will really embrace this one and the clever plot twists that surprised even me!
0<spoiler>While in 2001 all the problems you’d expect from a time traveling plot occur, and that felt predictable…Johanna’s going home, no she isn’t, yes she is, Myra disappears, and somehow a major event of the 21st century is forgotten about by a time traveler which messes up everything. </spoiler>Some parts felt predictable, but much of it did not. I’m still not sold on my overall opinion, I liked it, I was glued to it, but I’m not sold. Hence, the 3.75.
I really liked this more than I expected until the end. It definitely kept me reading and I finished the end very quickly, but the loose ends felt very harried to me.
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