Jane Lebak
The question behind my book "Half Missing" actually comes from my own life. As a kid, I was used to sitting at the table with my extended relations for hours after dinner, with all my family members talking and trading stories.
One night, my mother's aunt or great-aunt shared a story about a friend of hers who was on vacation in England and saw a news anchor who looked and sounded exactly like her daughter...and she'd always sworn she'd given birth to twins. (This was in the era of women getting knocked out for birth.) She said she vaguely remembered giving birth to two babies, but when she awakened in recovery, they said she had only one baby.
Of course, this was way before the time of the internet (if I heard the story in the 1980s, then it must have taken place in the 1960s or 1970s) so my great-great aunt's friend was never able to get any answers or find out who that news anchor was.
Years later, I thought about that story again, and I decided it needed an answer--so I wrote it!
One night, my mother's aunt or great-aunt shared a story about a friend of hers who was on vacation in England and saw a news anchor who looked and sounded exactly like her daughter...and she'd always sworn she'd given birth to twins. (This was in the era of women getting knocked out for birth.) She said she vaguely remembered giving birth to two babies, but when she awakened in recovery, they said she had only one baby.
Of course, this was way before the time of the internet (if I heard the story in the 1980s, then it must have taken place in the 1960s or 1970s) so my great-great aunt's friend was never able to get any answers or find out who that news anchor was.
Years later, I thought about that story again, and I decided it needed an answer--so I wrote it!
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Linda
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Jane Lebak:
Well I have to say I read your author bio... chuckled a bit at ejecting stink bugs... Did you have a bad year this year like we did with them ? My daughter had my 3rd grandchild and she died of CF at 4 months, never came home from Childrens Hospital in Alabama... Seeing you have a book about prenatal diagnosis is a blessing to see you share your story with others. Blessings Linda
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