THE SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE takes a realistic view of what new parents often feel: love and joy, but also exhaustion, disinterest in sex, guilt over not paying as much attention to the spouse, and postpartum depression. So when husband John takes an unplanned, and ill-conceived trip to the Caribbean with baby Clara, Veronica enjoys the unexpected break, believing they are staying with her in-laws a train ride away. This book has some very good writing, but if you have to like--or love--the characters to enjoy the book, this one is probably not for you. ~ Katherine
"When Veronica Reed wakes up one frigid January morning, two things are “off”—first of all, she has had a good night’s sleep, which hasn’t happened in months, and second, both her husband and her baby are gone. Grateful for the much-needed rest, Veronica doesn’t, at first, seriously question her husband’s trip out to breakfast with baby Clara. Little does she know, her spouse has fled lower Manhattan, with Clara, for some R&R in the Caribbean.
Told through alternating points of view, The Sunshine When She's Gone explores the life-changing impact of parenthood on a couple as individuals and as partners. Thea Goodman brings us into intimacies made tense by sleep-deprivation and to losses and gains made more real by acknowledging them. Here is the story of a couple pushed to the edge and a desperate father’s attempt give them both space to breathe." ~ from the publisher
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