Surprise Child

Unplanned pregnancies happen to women in every season of life: the newly married the never-married the empty-nester the teenager the overworked mother the career woman. Yet we rarely talk about how lonely and confusing this experience can be Surprise Child Leslie Leyland Fields who experienced two unplanned pregnancies in her forties lyrically weaves her own story with the stories of other women who understand the isolation you face as expectations and plans are turned upside down to make room for a child.. Each year more than three million women discover themselves pregnantat a hard time the wrong time at a difficult place in their lives. I am one of those women.Together these women walk with you month-by-month through the physical and emotional stages of pregnancy voicing with startling honesty their own anxieties and struggles. Here you will find the companionship and hope you need to journey toward new life.. From the Trade Paperback edition.