And Baby Makes Two
by Judy Sheehan
Published by Ballantine Books (available in paperback)
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Reviewed by Andrea Sisco
The biological clock is ticking at an ever-faster rate for almost thirty-seven-year-old Jane Howe of Greenwich Village, New York. So when Jane steps out of her apartment one day and sees the beautiful "Christ Child," her biological clock shifts into overdrive.
Jane identified the emptiness she feels. She has a nice apartment, a good job, and friends. What she doesn't have is a child; or a father for the child. Her true love, Sam died six years earlier and there have only been dates since then. So how does one have a baby without a man? Jane explores her options, while she dances around the typical family dysfunctions the world experiences if they have a family. And she meets a man just as she has decided on adopting a little girl from China.
And Baby Makes Two by Judy Sheehan is the tale of a woman who thought she couldn't be a parent, but underrated herself. Jane also found a man who wanted to be a boyfriend but couldn't be because he was still unhappily married to someone else. Then there is the sister who eloped and became dead to the family, but works at returning to the family while helping Jane with "life." And Jane's newly widowed father couldn't understand his daughter's choices but learned how to accept.
And Baby Makes Two is the warm, poignant, humorous adventure of a woman who wanted a child--and despite the lack of a man, made a family through adoption. It was new territory and she was fearful but she reached deep within herself, faced her fears and grew up and into a mommy. It is a happily ever after story.
As an adoptive mother of four Asian born children, I say this is a book long overdue for the bookshelves.
Armchair Interviews says: And Baby Makes Two is a fast, fun read but also will help women who want a child but didn't know about all the options.