Okay I really did like this book. I actually think it deserves 4 stars, but the circumstances that surrounded the reading of this book insist upon a 3 star rating. Here are a few of those reasons:

1. I am pregnant! What was I thinking reading a book about a tragic home delivery 4 months before I'm due? It was all a little too close to home for me. And although I am not planning on having a home delivery (not that there's anything wrong with that) Just the description was a little to vivid for me. I cannot believe this was written by a MAN.

2. Greg has been out of town so I decided to finish it up while he was gone. I stayed up late to finish it. MISTAKE! The ending is a little disturbing, which is only enhanced when you are alone in a dark quiet apartment at night. I had all kinds of crazy dreams about death and murder and I couldn't go back to sleep after waking up at 5.

But to be fair, this book was really good. It had a lot more to do with the trial logistics than I thought, but I thought it was a great story that was written really well. I don't think I've ever read another one of Oprah's book club books, but I thought this was pretty good. I'd love to hear about any of your reasons for home delivery (if any of you have done it). I'm a hospital kind of girl, not because it's safer, but because It's easier for me to compartmentalize the "ordeal of labor" with the hospital and the recovery and peaceful new baby with home. Give it a read, just not when you're pregnant.