In "Great Expectation," Dan Roche gives a man's perspective on what it means to start and expand a family relatively later in life. Through a series of diary entries in turns humorous, angst ridden, and full of hope and joy, Roche describes his own thoughts and concerns during the nine months of his wife's pregnancy. With five years of parenting his irrepressible daughter Maeve under his belt, Roche, already forty-five years old, and his wife, Maura, face the prospect of another arrival and the myriad of emotions that come with a second child. From revelling in the joys of pregnancy such as Maura's delight at "having cleavage" and being able to eat whatever she desires; to assuaging the parental anxieties of choosing the right obstetrician, correcting the mistakes one made with the first child, and sending children to college in the future; to navigating the unforeseen, experiencing the unexpected death of a parent, and feeling trepidation toward the thought of having a son, Roche records his emotions with unusual candidness and intimacy. Reflecting on day-to-day events and their significance in his family's life together, Roche wonders what he is getting himself into and how much deeper he can immerse himself into parenting. Together, he and his wife face the bittersweet intersections of death and new life, menace and hopefulness. With sincerity and a mature wit, "Great Expectation" stands as a wise recounting of nine months' time, with all of its chaos and charms, and offers a fresh perspective for first-time and veteran parents alike.
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"I saw no shadow of another parting from her." The happy bad eding????
评分看原文才感觉这个故事的角色都不完美
评分大师的作品 卢梭说 城市让人邪恶
评分在我更小的时候，我很喜欢Dickens，那时看中文版和电影给我的印象完全不同。如今看原著，真的觉得这就是一个屌丝男的故事、其中每个人皆有恶心可憎之处，大约这才是现实，但是如果这样的话，结局也太美好了一点吧
评分在我更小的时候，我很喜欢Dickens，那时看中文版和电影给我的印象完全不同。如今看原著，真的觉得这就是一个屌丝男的故事、其中每个人皆有恶心可憎之处，大约这才是现实，但是如果这样的话，结局也太美好了一点吧
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