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What You Wish For – Book Review

August 26, 2012 by Elizabeth

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Most girls growing up assume one day they’ll have a husband, kids, a houseĀ  possibly with hardwood floors and an ocean view and maybe even twins. (Oh those details weren’t important to you?) It’s not spoken of as commonly, but plenty of boys feel that way too. But what happens when life doesn’t go as planned? You don’t meet someone you could commit to, or you find that getting pregnant is going to be impossible for you and your spouse. What You Wish For follows several people who are finding that their lives aren’t following the expected pattern.

Actress Dimple Bledsoe is still safely under 40 according to her resume, although her birth certificate tells another story. She’s up for a big part in a new movie that’s getting a lot of buzz, and she seems to be hitting it off with the director. But she’s also looking at sperm donors, and wondering if it’s worth once again putting her desire to have a family on hold for her career.

Wyatt is a high school principal, kind-hearted and wise in the ways of teens. He’s never married, but he longs for a family. With that in mind, he’s looking at private adoption. His cousin, Eva, feels just as unnatural because she really doesn’t want to have kids. Her own mother was a single mum, young and vibrant and full of life, until she married late in life, had twins, and fell into a deep depression which she treats with medicine that has left her brittle and lifeless. (Aside: Having twins does not always equal depression) She looks at Wyatt, at her friend Maryn, and others who desperately want children and wonders what’s wrong with her, that she just as desperately doesn’t.

Maryn’s husband left her when she had breast cancer and he couldn’t handle her illness. Fortunately, they’d had embryos frozen ahead of time, in case the treatment left her infertile, which it did. Unfortunately, her husband is now remarried, and unwilling to sign the papers willing to allow her to go ahead and use the embryos. This leads to a lawsuit that catches the attention of the electorate and creates a subplot that runs throughout the novel–should embryos be considered as actual children, or should women have the right to use or not use them as they please? This leads to all sorts of complications, pitting Maryn against her ex-husband Andy (an essentially nice guy who’s in over his head with his ambitious new wife) and pulling in all sorts of other people, some of whom are willing to go to any lengths to get what they want.

What You Wish For is a novel about ways of creating families that aren’t the typical boy-meets-girl-they-get-married-and-have-2.5-kids. It’s about finding out that sometimes, what you thought you wanted isn’t as good as what you’ve got. I really enjoyed this novel because I really liked the characters. I was sorry to finish it, because I wanted to keep spending time with these people.Ā 

Elizabeth did want twins when she was young and even prayed for them when she was about 12. She’d completely suppressed THAT memory, and was totally shocked when the ultrasound showed two little heartbeats on the monitor. Learn more at her blog Planet Nomad and read her other book reviews at 5 Minutes for Books.

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Elizabeth is a voracious reader with eclectic tastes who loves being part of the team at 5 Minutes for Books. She's lived in 7 countries and is currently in Oregon, where she spends most of her time with Iraqi refugees. She has 3 teens.

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67 Comments

  1. Sand says

    September 8, 2012 at 11:23 pm

    No, never and no.

    Reply
  2. Jacqui Biser says

    September 8, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    I wanted twins because i wasnt sure if i was going to have any more pregnancies with my husband. which ended up being true. i only had one with him.

    Reply
  3. Veronica Garrett says

    September 8, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    I didn’t want twins. I didn’t get them.

    Reply
  4. christal c w says

    September 8, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    I think at one point in life I did want twins, I did not get any. Unless a twin ectopic counts

    Reply
  5. Charlene Kuser says

    September 8, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    I wanted twins,but never got them.

    Reply
  6. Heather! says

    September 8, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    I did want twins! I was going to name them Crimson and Clover. šŸ™‚ Instead, I grew up and decided I didn’t want to have children. Then I married a man who had his own, which was kind of perfect for me!

    Thanks!
    h4schaffer at gmail dot com

    Reply
  7. jennifer wexler says

    September 8, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    i don’t have twins but I wouldn’t mind having them

    Reply
  8. Nicole C. says

    September 8, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    I would have enjoyed twins, but didn’t get them.

    Reply
  9. Jennifer Peaslee says

    September 8, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    I didn’t want twins, and I don’t have twins, so it all works out for me šŸ™‚

    Reply
  10. Darlene Ysaguirre says

    September 8, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    At first i did was hopping for boy and girl so i can finish having kids in one shot but it didnt happen lol

    Reply
  11. brenda Elsner says

    September 8, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    I had wanted twin girls but never had them.

    Reply
  12. Joan Troche says

    September 8, 2012 at 7:39 am

    I didn’t want twins when I was growing up and I didn’t have twins. I had three children all single birth although my husband wanted five at once!

    Reply
  13. susan smoaks says

    September 8, 2012 at 7:10 am

    yes i would love to have twins but none so far!

    Reply
  14. Sheree Algie says

    September 8, 2012 at 1:56 am

    I don’t want this to be too sad but, I wanted twins I got twins, but they were 3 1/2 months premature and 1 passed away and the other was left disabled due to the premature birth.

    Reply
  15. Chelsea M says

    September 8, 2012 at 12:40 am

    I’ve always sort of wanted twins – either a boy and a girl or two girls. I have never had twins though.

    Reply
  16. Theresa H says

    September 7, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    I didn’t really want them but I got them….kind of. My girls share the same birthdate just 4 years apart

    Reply
  17. Ciara B. says

    September 7, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    i never wanted twins, although i thought it would be cool to be a twin.
    and no twins for me, yet.

    Reply
  18. andrea says

    September 7, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    Would be happy no matter what

    Reply
  19. Ed Nemmers says

    September 7, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    I’ll see your twins and raise you my triplets!

    Reply
  20. Jason says

    September 7, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    Kind of wanted twins, never got them

    Reply
  21. jacqueline says

    September 6, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    i’m a twin so i have never wanted them šŸ™‚

    Reply
  22. Daniel M says

    September 6, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    wanted, didn’t getted

    Reply
  23. Caryn S says

    September 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    With my first pregnancy, I said I wanted twins. Didn’t get them but am thankful for that. I can’t imagine the workload.

    Reply
  24. lana says

    September 4, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    No never wanted twins didnt get them. Hoping if we decided to have another one wont get them

    Reply
  25. Anita Yancey says

    September 4, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    We wanted twins but didn’t have them. It took us 9 years of trying to get our little girl.

    Reply
  26. Diane Baum says

    September 3, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    I did , but no luck

    Reply
  27. amy fischer says

    September 3, 2012 at 4:03 am

    never wanted twins

    Reply
  28. Jennifer Manriquez says

    September 2, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    Twins would have been fun, but alas I only had one. Hey, that rhymes!

    Reply
  29. samantha says

    September 2, 2012 at 11:16 am

    I didn’t want twins, but if thats what would have happened I would have been happy. I got my boy and girl 2 years apart like I wanted, and our family is perfect.

    Reply
  30. Emilee says

    September 2, 2012 at 8:03 am

    I always wanted twins when I was little, still do, but have two beautiful kiddos that are 3 years apart instead =)

    Reply
  31. Linda says

    September 1, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    I never thought about having twins. I always wanted 3 kids. I have two. Not twins!!

    Reply
  32. Angie says

    September 1, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    I wanted twins but I never got some!

    Reply
  33. Kim says

    September 1, 2012 at 7:05 am

    No, I never wanted twins. Just one at a time is scary enough! hahaha

    Reply
  34. Teresa Thompson says

    August 31, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    No twins, a son and a daughter.

    Reply
  35. amber pafford says

    August 31, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    No I never wanted twins singles are already a handful! I have two little boys 2.5 and 1.5

    http://couponcrazysisters.blogspot.com/2012/08/chex-mix-only-007-bag-at-walgreens.html

    Reply
  36. mell says

    August 31, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Wanted twins, did not get them

    Reply
  37. Beth C says

    August 30, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    Yes, I always wanted twins, but never had them.
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

    Reply
  38. Mary Cloud says

    August 30, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    Don’t know if I would have wanted twins but they would have been a blessing to us. We have two children not twins

    annabella @ centurytel dot net

    Reply
  39. Kayla J says

    August 30, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    I would prefer to not have twins, I honestly don’t know if I could handle it. If I did, of course I would be happy, but as I said, I would prefer not to.

    Reply
  40. Richelle says

    August 30, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    Omigosh, I totally found something I wrote in a journal for English class in probably 4th grade. It stated that I would be graduated from college (a teacher) and married by 23. I would have 4 kids (two of which were twins). It didn’t say where I’d live, but of course my husband was handsome šŸ™‚ I am married and with kids, but I don’t have four. I sure wasn’t married at 23 either! Close, but off by a couple of years. I am not a teacher either, but everyone says I should have been. Why did so many little ones dream of having twins?! LOL.

    Reply
  41. Maggie C says

    August 30, 2012 at 9:28 am

    I did NOT want twins and thankfully did not get them.

    Reply
  42. Jackie says

    August 30, 2012 at 2:38 am

    I totally wanted twins – didn’t get them but I’d have loved to have had them.

    Reply
  43. Beth A. says

    August 29, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    Never wanted two at once and glad I didn’t have them! šŸ™‚

    Reply
  44. polly says

    August 29, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    i did want twins but i didn’t get them…but i did get 2 wonderful children!

    Reply
  45. Annette {This Simple Mom} says

    August 29, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Nope…didn’t want twins. My mom wanted six sets of them though. She did have 5 kids…individually.

    Reply
  46. Caitlin McClure says

    August 28, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Not sure I could handle twins, just having one

    Reply
  47. Ruthie B says

    August 28, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    I wanted a boy and a girl & that’s exactly what we got!

    Reply
  48. Staci A says

    August 28, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    I would love to have twins, but didn’t. Though I’m not sure I could handle 2 little ones at once!

    Reply
  49. Shannon F. says

    August 28, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    I did want twins! Even when I was first pregnant, I wanted twins. But I only had one baby– a girl. I cant even imagine having twins now!

    Reply
  50. Beth - TheAngelForever says

    August 28, 2012 at 11:29 am

    Never specifically dreamed of having twins. We do believe that my youngest was a twin, but something happened very early on.

    Reply
  51. Katie says

    August 28, 2012 at 10:35 am

    Definitely dreamed of having twins, and still do sometimes šŸ™‚ maybe in the future!

    Reply
  52. Terra Heck says

    August 28, 2012 at 3:01 am

    I can’t say that twins were something I looked forward to having. Although I did not have twins, I have two boys that are 13 months apart and everyone assumes they’re twins. Love the boys to death and glad I had them. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

    Reply
  53. Jessica T says

    August 28, 2012 at 1:35 am

    Yes I wanted them and now I’m grateful I didn’t have them!!

    Reply
  54. Elisabeth says

    August 27, 2012 at 11:25 pm

    Nope never wanted twins or had them! I kept having boys so I just wanted a girl!

    Reply
  55. Linda Kish says

    August 27, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    As a single mom, I was really hoping to not have twins. I did not have twins even though they do run in my family. One was enough.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

    Reply
  56. Sharon says

    August 27, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    I don’t want twins, and haven’t had them yet šŸ™‚

    Reply
  57. Idaho Jill says

    August 27, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    I always always wanted twins – I even did a term paper in high school about long lost twins who found each other. I did not have twins, though, and after seeing friends have twins and how much work it was, I am ultimately glad I just have my wonderful singleton daughter!

    Reply
  58. Rebecca says

    August 27, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    I have twins. Looking back, I don’t remember if I wanted twins or not. But now I do have them!

    Reply
  59. Jenny says

    August 27, 2012 at 9:43 am

    I never really though about having twins – but if I ever did, that would be great šŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Jenny says

      August 27, 2012 at 9:43 am

      oops – thought šŸ™‚

      Reply
  60. emily says

    August 27, 2012 at 7:14 am

    I had always thought having twins would be great. My three singletons keep me very busy, though! I think God gave me just what I needed.

    Reply
  61. Nicole Robinson says

    August 27, 2012 at 6:37 am

    I wanted twins, but after having a single, I think it’s best that I build my family one by one.

    Reply
  62. Kimberly B. says

    August 27, 2012 at 3:30 am

    I wanted twins but didn’t have twins.

    Reply
  63. Chelsea says

    August 27, 2012 at 12:28 am

    I always wanted four boys and four separate pregnancies… but God gifted me with three girls in two pregnancies (my youngest are twins)

    Reply
  64. Stacie Fontinell says

    August 26, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    Never wanted twins…but got 2 lovely boys who are 1 year and 7 months apart. Perfect !

    Reply
  65. Valerie Taylor Mabrey says

    August 26, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    i would have loved twins but not to be
    vmkids3 at msn dot com

    Reply
  66. LaTanya says

    August 26, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    I wanted twins, but so far I have not had twins.

    Reply

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