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Title details for The Possibilities by Yael Goldstein-Love - Available

The Possibilities

A Novel

by Yael Goldstein-Love
Saskia Maarleveld
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A new mother ventures into parallel worlds to find her missing child in this “wildly inventive” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel that turns the joys and anxieties of parenthood into an epic quest, “a powerful page-turner with deep wisdom” (People).
“An original take on motherhood, The Possibilities taps into those primal feelings every nurturer feels—and fears.”—Good Morning America
A SHE READS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD
What if the life you didn’t live was as real as the one you did?
Hannah is having a bad day. A bad month. A bad year? That feels terrible to admit, since her son Jack was born just eight months ago and she loves him more than anything. But ever since his harrowing birth, she can’t shake the feeling that it could have gone the other way. That her baby might not have made it. Terrifying visions of the different paths her life could have taken begin to disrupt her cozy, claustrophobic days with Jack, destabilizing her marriage and making her husband concerned for her mental health. Are the strange things Hannah is seeing just new-mom anxiety, or is something truly weird and sinister afoot? What if Hannah really did unlock a dark force during childbirth?
When Hannah’s worst nightmare comes true and Jack disappears from his crib, she must tap into an extraordinary ability she never knew she had in order to save him: She must enter different versions of her life while holding on to what is most important to her in this one to bring her child back home.
From the intimate joys of parenthood to the cosmic awe of the multiverse, The Possibilities is an ingenious and wildly suspenseful novel that stares down into the dizzying depths of maternal love, vulnerability, and strength.

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    July 25, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9780593742853
      • File size: 232725 KB
      • Duration: 08:04:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Hannah loves her son Jack more than anything, but the eight months following his birth have been anything but blissful. The difficult delivery left Hannah with visions of a birth in which Jack did not survive. Her fears come to fruition when she finds an empty crib where her son should be; to make matters worse, other people's memories of a still-alive Jack are eroding at an alarming speed. Discovering a way to travel between alternate realities, Hannah embarks on a mission to save her son and unlock the mysteries of her past. In a novel initially presented as a psychological thriller, Goldstein-Love (The Passion of Tasha Darsky) instead offers an expression of postpartum anxiety and maternal love brilliantly dressed as a blend of science-fiction and fantasy. Narrator Saskia Maarleveld provides an outstanding performance as a desperate mother, with an emotional intensity that elevates the heart-wrenching narrative into something inspirational. VERDICT Goldstein-Love delivers an inventive and satisfying blend of genres and narrative elements exploring the anxieties of parenthood alongside quantum physics. Recommended for fans of fiction integrating science in a manner similar to Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time or Octavia E. Butler's Kindred.--Andy Myers

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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