The Long-Awaited Child Book

All Tess was wanted was a child of her own. After struggling for ten years with infertility she finally agrees to consider adoption. She and her husband, Brad, take in a pregnant teenager with the expectations that they would adopt the baby once it was born. At first I was bit annoyed with Tess and felt more empathy for Sherry because of her difficult life. Tess seemed like a selfish individual and concerned only with her own pain. She held Sherry at arm's length since she was only means of getting the baby she always wanted, not really considering the pain the teen was in. Eventually Tess comes to her senses and when the baby is born dead she realizes that she actually loves Sherry and she and Brad decide to adopt her which I thought was quite a sensible and kindhearted thing to do.