A review by oomilyreads
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain

5.0

 The Dream Daughter written by Diane Chamberlain

This is a story of heartache, loss, grief, courage & hope and what a mother would sacrifice for her child.

26-year-old Carly Sears is pregnant in 1970. Her husband was just killed in the Vietnam War. Devastatingly, she discovers her baby has a severe congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome which is fatal if left untreated. Her brother-in-law Hunter, a physicist convinces her to time travel via natural occurring portals to 2001 to get fetal heart surgery in NYC. The journey begins when Carly decides this is the only way to save her baby’s life….but what we don’t know is how fragile time travel can be as we are catapulted into a mother’s desperate & heartbreaking journey to save her child.

“But how did you steal a child away from the world she knew to take her to the world where she belonged?” 

My heart hurt as I knew I’d make similar difficult decisions as Carly if I was in her position. How scared she must have felt with a high risk pregnancy. I had a very high risk pregnancy and I felt incredibly alone but to LITERALLY be alone – Carly grasping on to what little kindness she found in people.  How jarring the future must have been to her and she had to roll with it in order to blend in.

The ending had such twist and it is a thoughtful novel. It keeps in the forefront themes of family, love, sacrifice & strength to make decisions & moving forward. Chamberlain’s writing has definitely captured my heart.