I spent 8 hours on a train yesterday and finished reading a novel by Paolo Giordano. I have read all the novels he has written, and I loved them all.
Infertility, childlessness, and accepting life without a biological child are not the central focus of this book, but the theme is always present.
This is the first novel I have read written by a man who writes about these topics.
Here are some quotes from Paolo Giordano:
“A different future opened before us.”
“The absence of a child filled the house.”
“We learned to inhabit another possibility.”
“Our life adjusted to a missing presence.”
“Not all lives follow the same design.”
“The future no longer required a child.”
“We rearranged our expectations.”
“The imagined child slowly faded.”
I do recommend reading this novel.
I must see if I can find it. And "snap!" I also wrote about a book that mentioned childlessness, and was written by a man.
ReplyDeleteI love those comments. And the growth that shows from "the absence of a child filled the house" to "the imagined child slowly faded." That really sums up the last 20 or so years of my life. (I'm so old! lol)
Thanks, Klara! I will see if I can find it too. It sounds like a good pick for my Childless Collective community book club!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so good... I will have to find it! Thanks for sharing.
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