The Hollow Heart by Martina Devlin
In three attempts at in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) Martin Devlin lost nine embryos. But she also lost her marriage and her dreams of becoming a mother. The Hollow Heart describes Devlin's bewilderment at being diagnosed as infertile, the physical and emotional demands of going through IVF and the shattering fall-out when it failed. She also describes how her despair eventually faded, and how she learned to take pleasure in her extended family of nieces and nephews and, as her mother always advised, to count her blessings. "And in enumerating them I am struck by this. Their quantity."
Praise for Martina Devlin's writing: 'Martina Devlin immediately grabs your heart' Jilly Cooper on Three Wise Men 'Unusually compassionate and psychologically convincing popular fiction, entertaining, engrossing, yet sensitive to lived realities' Irish Independent on Be Careful What You Wish For
Omagh-born Martina Devlin started writing fiction after winning a Hennessy Literary Award for her first short story in 1996. This was followed by four novels, including Venus Reborn, which was short-listed for the Sunday Independent/Hughes and Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award. She is a columnist with the Sunday World in Dublin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844880591 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844880591 |
| Titel | The Hollow Heart |
| Autor | Martina Devlin |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2005-09-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 272 |
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