She Has My Child: A totally heart-wrenching and emotional family drama

The first time I hear the miraculous thud of my baby's heartbeat, I'm clutching my sister's hand. I was so happy when she offered to be our surrogate. But then I see the look on her face and I'm flooded with fear. This precious baby girl might be my child, but my sister is carrying her. Will she really be able to give her up?

All I've ever wanted is to be a mother. To have a child to take care of, to complete the family Mark and I are so desperate for. But after years of trying, my grandmother's lovingly restored crib still lies empty. My dream is out of reach and Mark is more distant than ever. Until my impulsive sister Sophia suddenly offers me the greatest gift of all...

Her surrogacy will give me the baby I've prayed for. And there are so many painful memories from our broken childhood: could it even bring us closer as sisters? But as Sophia blooms with our miracle baby, Mark's secretive behaviour has me questioning our marriage. And as I watch my sister's face when the baby kicks, I wonder... why did she really offer to carry my child?

As Sophia gets closer to the birth, the hurtful secrets that forced us apart all those years ago come to light. And it's terrifyingly clear that history is going to repeat itself, my innocent baby stuck in the middle. Because despite everything I thought I knew, how far can I really trust my sister with my baby...?

An utterly compelling and totally emotional tale about secrets within families, and how far you can really trust the people closest to you. Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Jojo Moyes and Kate Hewitt.

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Published Mar 26, 2024

312 pages

Average rating: 10

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jenlynerickson

Jul 07, 2025

10/10 stars

Emma Robinson’s She Has My Child is a tale of two sisters; though raised in the same family, siblings can be very different from one another, and Sophia and Megan are no exception. Megan likes to be in control; Sophia doesn’t like to be controlled. Sophia is most definitely not the sister Megan wanted, but is she the sister she needed? When Megan’s infertility threatens her lifelong dream of becoming a mother, Sophia generously offers to serve as her surrogate. Megaan wants to be a mother so badly that she took a risk on the sister she could never rely on. But when the sisters are separated by Covid restrictions, they are compelled to reconsider–and reevaluate–events from their past through the eyes of the other. For Megan, “Not only was she separated from her child, and still grieving [the loss of] their mother, she was being cruelly abandoned by her husband…A failed doctor-cum-writer is going to deliver the baby of” her forty-one-year-old sister “during a global pandemic in a foreign country in a tiny apartment up three flights of stairs. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?...This is not going to end well.” While the baby came from one sister’s embryo, it was the other sister who carried her, who gave birth to her, who has carried her for these last weeks. Biologically, she’s Megan’s; legally, she’s Sophia’s. But does one sister’s loss mean that she can take the other sister’s child? “If you really love your children, you have to let them go.” And if you really love your sister, you have to fight for them. “Sisters are important. Even when it’s difficult, it’s worth working at it. It’s the longest relationship you’ll have in your life…No one will share the memories of your childhood like a sister will…You can fall out and then, when you need each other, you’re there in a trice…Nothing is worth losing your sister over.”

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