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????
评分大師的作品 盧梭說 城市讓人邪惡
评分在我更小的時候，我很喜歡Dickens，那時看中文版和電影給我的印象完全不同。如今看原著，真的覺得這就是一個屌絲男的故事、其中每個人皆有惡心可憎之處，大約這纔是現實，但是如果這樣的話，結局也太美好瞭一點吧
评分在我更小的時候，我很喜歡Dickens，那時看中文版和電影給我的印象完全不同。如今看原著，真的覺得這就是一個屌絲男的故事、其中每個人皆有惡心可憎之處，大約這纔是現實，但是如果這樣的話，結局也太美好瞭一點吧
评分"I saw no shadow of another parting from her." The happy bad eding????
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