Book Review - The Two Week Wait

Plot Summary

The Two Week Wait by Sarah Rayner is a novel about two women desperate to become mothers. Following a health scare, Lou wants nothing more than to become a mother. Her girlfriend has other ideas, and so they split up. Lou is unable to afford to pay for treatment herself, and is unwilling to join the NHS waiting list. She therefore contacts an old friend, who is prepared to go through the treatment with her and to be the father of the conceived child. Coincidentally, he already has frozen sperm stored, and therefore they do not have to wait six months to ensure they sperm is free from transmissible diseases.

At the same time, Cath is desperate to try IVF. She and her husband have been struggling with infertility for a while. They have now decided to use an egg donor, and are matched with Lou. This means that they also pay for Lou's IVF, thereby allowing her to afford the treatment, but meaning they take half the collected eggs.

Review

I found this book immensely interesting. This may simply be because I can identify with the two women in their need to become a mother. The characters seemed real, and the book discussed the struggles they all go through. Despite the fact that this book is a sequel to Rayner's first book, One Moment, One Day, I had not read the first book (being instead drawn to the title of this book on the shop shelf due to my own personal circumstances) and do not feel as though I was joining the story part way through.

The writing was good, the research had been done and as a consequence, the book was enjoyable. Definitely a book I would recommend.