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A Journey To The Son
A Journey to the Son, by Lauren Braddock Havey, is the true-life tale of a "motherless daughter's" extraordinarily bumpy road to motherhood. Lauren’s engaging wit and honesty pull readers in, making her story more than a memoir of fertility treatments, complications, and trauma — Lauren’s story is a celebration of life. “Mine is an against-all-odds story of hope,” she says. “I want people to come away from it with a belief in miracles — or magic or good luck — and have a renewed sense of optimism.”
A Journey to the Son transcends the genre of Reproduction Literature. The reader is taken on Lauren's fascinating white-knuckle journey, as she shares the rigors of her experiences, the weighty subject matter broached in just the right places by the author's tongue-in-cheek manner, as she delivers amusing observations and anecdotes, and fun chapter titles such as "Breast Intentions" and "The Waiting Womb." Lauren Braddock Havey has created a masterful memoir of self-discovery and the power of family.
A Journey to the Son transcends the genre of Reproduction Literature. The reader is taken on Lauren's fascinating white-knuckle journey, as she shares the rigors of her experiences, the weighty subject matter broached in just the right places by the author's tongue-in-cheek manner, as she delivers amusing observations and anecdotes, and fun chapter titles such as "Breast Intentions" and "The Waiting Womb." Lauren Braddock Havey has created a masterful memoir of self-discovery and the power of family.
183 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2009
About the author
Lauren Braddock Havey
2 books4 followersLauren Braddock is an American actress, songwriter, author, producer, and independent filmmaker whose work spans film, music, literature, and live performance.
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Braddock is the only child of legendary songwriter, producer, and author Bobby Braddock, whose iconic catalog includes classics such as “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” Raised in one of Music City’s most celebrated songwriting families, she developed an early appreciation for the power of storytelling in all its forms.
After studying at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, Braddock launched her career as an actress in New York and Los Angeles while writing and performing original music. Returning to Nashville, she continued writing, recording, and publishing. Her parenting memoir, A Journey to the Son, was released alongside an accompanying soundtrack co-written with Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer Don Henry before being adapted into a one-woman show.
Her most recent single and music video, Purple Party, inspired a movement centered on unity, inclusion, and radical joy.
Returning to filmmaking, Braddock has written and is producing the feature-length music documentary Let Me Be Your Layla, an exploration of the songs that shape our lives and the courage it takes to find our own voice.
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Braddock is the only child of legendary songwriter, producer, and author Bobby Braddock, whose iconic catalog includes classics such as “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” Raised in one of Music City’s most celebrated songwriting families, she developed an early appreciation for the power of storytelling in all its forms.
After studying at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, Braddock launched her career as an actress in New York and Los Angeles while writing and performing original music. Returning to Nashville, she continued writing, recording, and publishing. Her parenting memoir, A Journey to the Son, was released alongside an accompanying soundtrack co-written with Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer Don Henry before being adapted into a one-woman show.
Her most recent single and music video, Purple Party, inspired a movement centered on unity, inclusion, and radical joy.
Returning to filmmaking, Braddock has written and is producing the feature-length music documentary Let Me Be Your Layla, an exploration of the songs that shape our lives and the courage it takes to find our own voice.
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November 23, 2009
Like many women these days, Lauren waited to start a family. At thirty something that meant endless trips to the fertility clinic and the possibilities that adoption would be her only option. While she did manage to conceive and give birth to a healthy son, the process was filled with some pretty scary challenges.
A Journey to the Son recalls Lauren’s highs and lows as she readied to become a mother. Like every one of us, she worried and questioned her abilities to take on such an important job. Unfortunately, Lauren also spent much of her pregnancy hoping not to miscarry. Then, when she did give birth, she felt the horror of our worst fear- no cry. In the process, Lauren almost died herself.
I found A Journey to the Son quite inspirational. Sometimes, the worrying and the planning takes over and makes us forget to just enjoy our children. We don’t have to be Super Mom, we just have to love them.
A Journey to the Son recalls Lauren’s highs and lows as she readied to become a mother. Like every one of us, she worried and questioned her abilities to take on such an important job. Unfortunately, Lauren also spent much of her pregnancy hoping not to miscarry. Then, when she did give birth, she felt the horror of our worst fear- no cry. In the process, Lauren almost died herself.
I found A Journey to the Son quite inspirational. Sometimes, the worrying and the planning takes over and makes us forget to just enjoy our children. We don’t have to be Super Mom, we just have to love them.
September 14, 2009
I selected this book because the title and subject of a woman struggling through the process of conceiving and birthing a child resonated with me. A Journey to the Son is just what it sounds like, Havey's expedition that began with infertility treatments and invitro fertilization, detoured at the near death childbirth experiences of both she and the son she so badly longed for, and ended at the insecurities all new moms feel about the safety of their baby, their competence as a mother, and what the future will hold. Havey provides several resources for others who are experiencing any of the different issues she encountered and an honest account of her trek to motherhood that many women will be able to relate to.
September 15, 2009
Won this off of FirstReads!
As a motherless daughter, I was really interested in Lauren's story. This is more about mothering and the medicine that led to a happy ending for she and her son, so it's not specific to motherless daughters. It's written conversationally, which is a great way to convey some of the technical details behind the pregnancy and birth. The book comes with a soundtrack, too, which is both interesting and awesome.
Recommended for all future or current moms!
As a motherless daughter, I was really interested in Lauren's story. This is more about mothering and the medicine that led to a happy ending for she and her son, so it's not specific to motherless daughters. It's written conversationally, which is a great way to convey some of the technical details behind the pregnancy and birth. The book comes with a soundtrack, too, which is both interesting and awesome.
Recommended for all future or current moms!
December 1, 2009
I started reading this book and found it hard to put it down. With a great deal of humor, Lauren writes about dramatic efforts to have a child, and the horrific danger she was in during childbirth. The accompanying CD is full of absolutely delightful music, not just a novelty to go with the chapters in the book, but music that I'm downloading to my iTunes library. I want to listen to it over and over. What a talented girl, just like her beloved dad. I'd recommend this book to anyone.
September 23, 2009
Fantastic book for anyone who has mother problems, fertility issues, or just wants to read about a journey to creating another life. Highly recommended for anyone on the bumpy road to parenthood-or currently there!
September 29, 2009
My friend wrote this ... can't wait to read it when it comes out 10/8!
March 17, 2013
Good read. Very good the first 2/3, then lost a little at the end.
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