REVIEWS
- Author: Maureen Lang
- Published by Tyndale 2007
- More Information at www.maureenlang.com
- Updated December 5, 2007
For one year, Talie Ingram nurtured her son Ben, cuddled him to her breast, and coaxed him to play with toys. However, her suspicions about Ben's development, or lack of it, cloak with sadness and uncertainty the idyllic life Talie and Luke, her husband, have shared.
The already strained relationships in the Ingram family threaten to unravel when Talie discovers a shocking secret revealed in the nineteenth century journal of Cosima, her Irish ancestor. It seems the female progeny of Talie's family have befallen a curse--the propensity to bear "imbecilic children." Unfortunately the news comes at an awful time: Talie is pregnant with she and Luke's second child.
When a genetic specialist confirms that Ben has indeed tested
positive for fragile X syndrome, Talie must make a choice. Dare she accept God's sovereignty, as Cosima did? Or will she instead stay mired in a bog of regret and anger that threatens to destroy her marriage?
With delicate prose, Lang depicts aristocratic life of yesteryear in both England and Ireland. However, the passion with which the story is written manages to capture the reader's heart, especially as Lang reveals her own family's struggle with fragile X syndrome.

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