{Review} Carolyne Letters #AbigailBCalkin @BookSparksPR

This Title Will Release on Sept 24, 2013

       Amelia: young, naive, in love. Geoff: charming, narcissistic, intelligent. In a decidedly European affair, a young couple consummates a courtship destined for differences. The resultant pregnancy provides a haunting yet charming backdrop for the challenges of love and its often unwanted decisions. In the first person and in a creative journal style, author Abigail Calkin explores three choices that Amelia can make—give birth, give the baby up for adoption, or abortion. The resultant exploration and mature reflection provides a unique and rich literary backdrop for the choices each young woman faces when pregnant.

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Biography

Abigail B. Calkin was born in Boston and raised in New England and New York's Greenwich Village. After moving to a few other states and living in Scotland, she settled in a very small town in Alaska's bush. Her first novel, and fourth book, Nikolin, was shortlisted for a Benjamin Franklin award when it came out in 1994. She ventured into writing about commercial fishing when the woman wallpapering her house told her the story of her husband's fishing disaster and Coast Guard rescue. The events tumbled into her thoughts and became The Night Orion Fell. She also has had poetry, behavior analysis article
s, and other nonfiction published. She currently works on books on self-esteem, PTSD, and a memoir about moving to Alaska.

This book deals with a situation that I must say that I am very glad I never had to make.  Having to decide on with or not to keep a baby, give it up for adoption, or making the choice to end the pregnancy via abortion is one of the hardest decisions that a women has to face.  This book is written in letter type form and starts in the year 1963 and ends in 1965 with a last letter in 1985.  This was a very good book although I had small issues with the letter form.  I would say pick it up if you think it is something you would want to read about.

"*I received a copy of this book for free to review, this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own."

Posted in: 4 Stars, Adult, Review