The two week wait

This is a story about two women who never meet but are bonded for life. Lou makes a visit to the doctor after finding a lump in her tummy. The doctors treat her fibroids and suggest that if she ever wants kids, to do so a.s.a.p. Lou's partner, Sofia, is not ready to take on that responsibility and they end their relationship on friendly (but painful) terms. Lou is not a wealthy woman and the treatments are pretty expensive. She is approved for a program in which she is able to undergo the treatment for free if she agrees to donate some of her eggs to another person seeking to have a child.

Cath, who has undergone chemo and has had her ovaries removed, is the recipient of Lou's eggs. Her husband Rich is very supportive and realizes that he wants to have a baby just as much as Cath does. Their stories of love, hope, anger, determination, and acceptance are woven together and told with such tenderness. However, the emotions that are stirred up in this fine read are not sappy or over the top. The very end, in which one of the ladies sends the other a note via their doctor, made my eyes well up (and I am not an “emotional” person). 

I received this ARC through Goodread's First Reads and recently discovered that The Two Week Wait is a sequel to One Moment, One Morning. I've never read Raynar's work, but I will now. I am definitely going to get the prequel and hope there is a sequel to the Two Week Wait in the works.