Bringing
in Finn is an
incredibly moving story of surrogacy and how it created a bond like no other
between a mother and daughter
In
February 2011, 61-year-old Kristine Casey delivered the greatest gift of all to
her daughter, Sara Connell: Sara’s son, Finnean. At that moment, Kristine—the
gestational carrier of Sara and her husband Bill’s child—became the oldest woman
ever to give birth in Chicago.
Bringing in Finn: An Extraordinary Surrogacy Story tells this modern family’s remarkable surrogacy story.
After
trying to conceive naturally without success, Sara and her husband Bill
dedicated years to a variety of fertility treatments—but after Sara lost a third
pregnancy (including the loss of twins at twenty-two weeks), they started to
give up their hope. When Kristine offered to be their surrogate, they were
shocked; but Kristine was clear that helping Sara become a mother felt like a
calling, something she felt inspired to do.
In
this achingly honest memoir, Connell recounts the tragedy and heartbreak of
losing pregnancies; the process of opening her heart and mind to the idea of her
sixty-one-year-old mother carrying her child for her; and the profound bond that
blossomed between mother and daughter as a result of their unique experience
together.
Bringing
in Finn is
the true story of a couple who wanted nothing more than to have a family and a
mother who would do anything for her daughter. After unsuccessfully trying to
conceive naturally, years of fertility treatments, miscarriage and a late term
loss of twins, Sara and Bill Connell were emotionally and financially depleted
and at a loss as to how they could have a family. When Sara’s mother Kristine
offered to be their surrogate, the three embark on the journey that would
culminate in Finnean’s miraculous birth and complete a transformation of their
at-one-time strained mother-daughter relationship.
My Review:
This is an amazing and unique story that completely captivated me from the very beginning. Knowing several couples over the years who struggled with fertility and pregnancy problems, I was so excited to read Bringing in Finn. This is a story that will bring tears of joy to a reader's eyes while keeping the reader completely intrigued from beginning to end. I could not put this book down.
What a miraculous and wonderful gift Kristine gave to her daughter!
Bringing
in Finn is available as a print and e- book at Amazon.
AUTHOR
BIO & CONTACT INFORMATION:
Sara
Connell is an author, speaker, and life coach with a private practice in
Chicago. She has appeared on Oprah, Good
Morning America, NPR, The View, FOX News and Katie
Couric.
Sara's writing has been featured in: The New York
Times, Good
Housekeeping, Parenting, Psychobabble, Evolving Your Spirit, and
Mindful Metropolis magazines. Her first book, Bringing in Finn; an
Extraordinary Surrogacy Story (Sept 4, 2012 Seal Press),
was nominated for Book of the Year 2012 by Elle magazine.
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