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One of the first books I picked up from the Singapore library is The Doctor and The Diva by Adrienne McDonnell. I picked it up because it had an intriguing name and the story on the flap seemed interested.<\/p>\n
I almost abandoned the book halfway through as it was a heart-strings pulling kind of story. Set in the early 1900’s, the book obviously revolves between Dr.Ravell and his patient – the diva Erika. Erika dreams big of going to Italy and being a singer but first she wants to give her husband Peter a child. Dr.Ravell is the helping Peter and Erika conceive a child of their own as he falls in love with Erika.<\/p>\n
A stillborn child, an accusation, end of career, lush tropics – the book has it all<\/p>\n
The hardest part of the story is when Erika leaves her 4 year old son with her husband Peter and moves to Italy to pursue her dream.As a mother I often have doubts about the balancing act but Erika’s decision was a heartbreaker.<\/p>\n
The best part of the story is the interactions between Erika and her 2 year old. With kuttyma being the same age – our conversations are very similar.<\/p>\n
The book ends well – happy endings indeed but it left me with more questions than answers on the personal end<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the first books I picked up from the Singapore library is The Doctor and The Diva by Adrienne McDonnell. I picked it up because it had an intriguing name and the story on the flap seemed interested. I almost abandoned the book halfway through as it was a heart-strings pulling kind of story. Set in the early 1900’s, the book obviously revolves between Dr.Ravell and his patient – the diva Erika. Erika dreams big of going to Italy and being a singer but first she wants to give her husband Peter a child. Dr.Ravell is the helping Peter and Erika conceive a child of their own as he falls in love with Erika. A stillborn child, an accusation, end of career, lush tropics – the book has it all The hardest part of the story is when Erika leaves her 4 year old son with her husband Peter and moves to Italy to pursue her dream.As a mother I often have doubts about the balancing act but Erika’s decision was a heartbreaker. The best part of the story is the interactions between Erika and her 2 year old. With kuttyma being the same age – our conversations are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[343,398],"class_list":["post-3503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","tag-book","tag-book-review"],"yoast_head":"\n