Dear Thing

This book was a recommendation based on my wish list from Amazon. Immediately that I read the product description I was intrigued and couldn't wait to read it.

The story of Claire & Ben who have suffered years of trying to have a baby. Their need for a baby taking over their lives, which seem from the outside to be otherwise perfect. One of those outsiders looking in is Ben's best friend and single mum Romily. Seeing her friend's pain she agrees to be a surrogate for them, the only problem being she's in love with Ben.

This is a wonderfully written book. The way in which Cohen entangles the lives of Claire, Romily and Ben is a joy to read. The contrasting approaches to life shown by Romily and Claire and the way they begin the book as strangers linked by Ben but find themselves drawn together less by the baby and more by respect and friendship is lovely.

It's a book which is fundamentally about relationships and expectations of life and how we cope when we don't know what is best. It is about the two women's attempts to cope with a scenario that ideally they'd both rather not have had to face and ultimately it's about the love they all share for Thing, the baby they all dearly love.

This book is absolutely deserving of all 5 stars and more, it was a wonderful read. Very much worth trying.