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More Than We Expected

Five Years With a Remarkable Child

by James G. Robinson
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"No matter how much I enjoyed parenthood, I found myself having to accept its fundamental truth: that nothing ever turns out quite as you'd expect."
It was a journey that most parents would hope to avoid: a son born with a congenital heart defect, a fateful decision to take a family trip abroad, and an emergency hospitalization that left them stranded on the other side of the world with no obvious way home.

Despite these difficult circumstances, More Than We Expected is not a tragedy. Instead, this memoir offers valuable lessons about the privilege of parenthood and the practice of medicine: the mysterious ways in which the body forms and grows, giving life; how we find the faith to live with our decisions, even if the consequences are beyond our control; and a family's extraordinary capacity—when something goes wrong—to compensate and heal.

More Than We Expected is a story of finding strength in the most unexpected places. Our children have a special ability to reveal the goodness in the world—their eyes a window to a life full of wonder. Like them, this book is a vivid reminder of what it means to be human—a miraculous, inexplicable gift, however fleeting.

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    November 7, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781637588239

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      • ISBN: 9781637588239
      • File size: 3536 KB

  • Languages

    • English

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    • Booklist

      November 1, 2023
      It's hard to imagine knowing before a baby is even out of the womb that he will be born with a malformed heart and die young. But that's what happens to Robinson, director of data products at the New York Times, and to Tali, his engineer wife. The Jewish couple are already parents to a healthy son when they learn that Nadav, one of the twin boys Tali is carrying, will be born with a serious heart condition. Nadav spends a lot of time with doctors, gets multiple surgeries, and ultimately passes away in the hospital when he is five. In 2017, Robinson published a travel story, "Road to Recovery," about his family's 17-state, 6,150-mile, 37-day drive from Brooklyn to Mount Rushmore after Nadav's death. Like that chronicle, this one may inspire parents to appreciate any time they get with their children. Ultimately, Robinson, his wife, and their other two sons, Gilad and Yaniv, feel fortunate to have experienced what years they did have with Nadav. A giving, thought-provoking, and heart-tugging family saga.

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