“Not my usual, I tend to be a strictly romance reader, but this was a great story. Makes you think. Truly fantastic book!”
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“Wow this book had me hooked. The story line flowed nicely and held my interest from the first chapter to the last. Very often with books I find myself skipping all the boring mundane parts,i.e. What the characters ate for lunch etc. This book had none of that I can honestly say I read it all, I laughed and I cried. This is one book i will keep and read again. A truly wonderful story.”
“I absolutely loved this book! It was engaging and I just couldn’t put it down. I bet at some time in the future, the story told here may become a reality! Definitely worth the read!”
“A thought provoking story. I was skeptical given the futuristic aspects of cryogenics. I was unexpectedly swept up.in the story from the beginning and actually ended reading it, in one afternoon, ending it in tears. It has been a long time since I have been so moved emotionally by characters such as these.”
“I don’t normally read this type of book but the idea interested me . I wasn’t disappointed what a book! It’s fast paced and no filler as you get in some books and it’s such an interesting subject”
“Normally, I would not seek out a thriller to read but thought I would give this one a try. It was definitely another page turner from Diane and raised a lot of questions, something I wasn’t really prepared for. Definitely an interesting concept...and ...what if it was possible and available... how would you look at it morally? Good read.”
THE STORY
What if you could place your newborn into cryo-suspension until it was more convenient to bring him or her home?
How much time would you need? One year, five years, longer?
Nora Collins expedites the cryonic preservation of newborn babies for the convenience of their parents. Her job as a successful client liaison at the for-profit, privately operated Postponement Center, requires routine confrontation with outraged protestors voicing disagreement with the chilling reproductive choice now deemed legal by the Supreme Court.
Past child-bearing years herself, Nora inwardly atones for old secrets by living a solitary life. Instead, she develops a questionable, borderline addictive, relationship with the frozen neonates, frequently watching them and communicating with them in their crypod units.
Nora navigates the ethical minefield and morale dichotomy of the postponement practice, which occurs for medical reasons, but mostly because of career or educational obligations, financial aspirations, or due to parental immaturity.
She staunchly believes parents should choose for themselves when the time is right to bring their baby home—until she doesn’t.
After one mother decides to pre-maturely reanimate her son, forcing him into a life-threatening position, Nora struggles with her own dangerous choice—honor the desire of the new mother or save the innocent child.
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Blaring sirens forced morning rush hour commuters to the sides of the frontage road running along the busy interstate. Neither the passenger nor the attending paramedic noticed the rays of light reflecting off Lady Bird Lake. Morning joggers and cyclists were fulfilling their passions for exercise before the heat of the summer day set in.
"Almost there, Yvonne, almost," Mo said, placing a cool hand on her sweating shoulder, attempting to calm the groaning woman.
"Please hurry," came her breathless voice as she squirmed on the thin mattress.
They flew past the University Medical Center and continued to the highway entrance. A scratchy voice crackled from the radio, "Six-fifty-seven, what's your status?"
"Seven minutes out," said Kevin, the emergency medical tech, weaving in and out of hurried morning drivers. He smirked. "Have I said lately that traffic sucks in this town?" Even with the siren's rise-and-fall resound, people took their time figuring out how to give the ambulance passage over to the fast lane of the roadway.
"Copy that. FYI. Destination reports demonstrators in the area. Proceed with caution," came the dispatcher’s reply.
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