The novel by Dan Andreasen is flat, not interesting at all. It doesn't celebrate life at any time, even when there is not obvious trouble in site...it is monotonous. Even though, there are good positive events and changes that are taking place in the family of Caroline, her widowed mother and siblings, when her mother is to be about married again to a good man. There is no feeling of gladness and happiness in the book.
THIS BOOK IS ALMOST IN ITS ENTIRETY CONSISTS OF STORIES TOLD BY REAL WOULD BE MOTHERS OF TWINS...WHO ARE SCARED ABOUT THEIR TWIN BIRTH, MANY DO NOT EVEN WANT THE BABIES BECAUSE OF THE PAIN THEY MIGHT GO THROUGH...THERE IS SOME PROFANITY BY FUTURE MOTHERS OF TWINS TOWARDS THEIR HUSBANDS IN THE BOOK. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MATERIAL TO ANY EXPECTANT PARENT- BE IT MOTHER OR DAD !
I cannot stop reading it. It's interesting, full of facts, humor, photos and interviews with friends and formal entities. Deep, revealing and gracious at the same time. None of the gossip, that's oh, so possible...
ALL THE JUDGES IN THE BOOK ARE LIKEWISE: THEY SEE THEMSELVES FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS THE PRIVILEGED AND THE LUCKY ONES TO BE WORKING IN THIS SPECIAL BUILDING !!! The rest seems to be second in importance... That's how wowed they all are by the sheer architecture and grandeur of their "home" away from home. I wanted to find in this book the answers to how the different Judges look for and make their decisions in the cases they are to decide on, and there were none. I do not recommend this book to anyone searching for answers.
The story could have been written much much better; in depth and with true feelings. Given the individual biographies of the young women, I would change the names between Emma (with her rough life roots and beginnings) and Pru-short for Prudence-a girl with the high English Royal-like Heritage). Also, Danielle Steel continually brings up the subject of Racism in her character Louise, a black American girl from a fine loving and highly educated family. The end of the novel is begging for the further development...of the lives of all the characters in the story.
