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Lucy Clark's Her Very Special Baby is a
romance after my
own heart. First, the interactions with the elderly patients, such as
Mr. Dinsmore delight with a sense of compassion and understanding
between generations. Despite the hurts from their pasts, Nathan and
Morena set off a spark in each other. It's not just a physical spark,
but a sense of humor and lightness, a playfulness they inspire in each
other. Lucy Clark's Her Very Special Baby has 2 powerful
messages about hurt: People of a certain age all have baggage and
fearing fear is often worse than than the actual events. These two
themes work together to create a moving second chance romance. Lucy
Clark's romance also allows readers to see medical people as people,
people who have fears and concerns about the people they love ---
people not so different than patients in their own lives. Very nice!
Certain things just work better in Medical
Romances that do not work
so well for me in other lines. One thing that really irks me is when
the heroine talks the hero into loving her. I just prefer it when an
event or something else makes the hero realize his love or come to
terms with it. I just don't buy the talk into love, psychological
breakthrough moment most of the time. I prefer to see that change come
from within. In this Medical romance, it just works better because it
is a medical. Nathan needs to forgive himself... Morena isn't just a
lover, she is a doctor. It is that mix that does it. A heroine without
the medical background might not have led him there. Doctors had not
led him there in the past so he needs more than just another doctor to
talk with him. It works here.
Personal notes:
This romance was truly a book after my own heart.
One thing I love
about books is that different characters and stories reach me as a
person, calling forth memories of my own life and experiences. It is
part of the more intimate personal pleasure of reading for me. I have
always had special relationships and friendships with older people
throughout my life. I was the grandkid who sat around enthralled by my
grandparents' stories when others couldn't be bothered to waste their
time on "old people." Janet, one of my closest friends in North
Carolina, was almost 50 years older than me. She wasn't a mother figure
but a friend. It was strange but I have never met a person with whom I
just had so much in common on a kind of soul or spiritual level. It's
just been a constant throughout most of my life. I just can't tell you
how much I loved seeing Nathan and Mr. Dinesmore as their life
experiences merged, providing these two people of different generations
with a deep understanding of each other.
And of course the whole bit about fear..the worst
part of the
dentist for me is not even what they do...it is my own fear. I don't
think this book will lower my fear but, wow, what an awesome thing to
be reading this book right now!
