Max, meanwhile, has found peace at the bottom of a bottle, until he is redeemed by an evangelical church where the pastor has vowed to fight the 'homosexual agenda' that threatens traditional family values. When Zoe allows herself to start thinking of having a family again, she remembers that she and Max still have frozen embryos they never used. When Vanessa, a guidance counsellor, asks Zoe to work with a suicidal teen, Vanessa and Zoe's relationship moves from business to friendship and then, to Zoe's surprise, blossoms into love. In the aftermath she throws herself into her career as a music therapist. But a terrible turn of events takes away her baby and breaks apart her marriage to Max. Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to have a baby, and finally it looks as though her dream is about to come true - she is seven months pregnant. 'Picoult writes with unassuming brilliance.' Stephen King But who do they really belong to? An honest and moving story of contemporary relationships and the consequences when love and desire collide with science and the law. When Zoe falls in love again and considers having a family, she remembers that there are still frozen embryos that were never used. After Zoe and Max's last attempt to conceive fails tragically, their marriage breaks apart.
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