Reviews for Life You Longed For

The average rating for Life You Longed For based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-17 00:00:00 Enrico Sala I really hated this book. It's portrait of the hospital and justice systems in regards to children is so far off base. These are the types of books that people read and then believe this tripe.It makes me very upset. I know it's on the fiction shelf but as someone in my book club said "I always think that the author has done the reserch". Real reserch presents a fair version of reality, not this half baked skewed version. Also the main character is so unlikable and unbelievable. You can tell that the author has never been a parent herself.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-06-28 00:00:00 Michael Cameron Coming from the angle of having had a child that passed away from a mitochondrial disease which is still being diagnosed, this book was very touching. Being checked for Munchausen is very commmon for families with these disease/disorders because so little is known about them. This is also the case with families that have children with other rare disorders and those that are undiagnosed. You will do everything possible for your child and all of us doctor shop to find doctors that know the most about the disease affecting our child. We want the best care possible for our children so they can have the best quality of life while they are here. Many docs do take offense to this as they feel we are saying they are inept, but we are really saying that we want to put together the best possible team for our child. Our team, thankfully, was receptive to this, but I know many others not as blessed.