Read This Book

I actually purchased this book on eBay because I was intrigued by the title. I know you must be thinking the same exact thing - how can someone survive an abortion? I googled it and found several instances of people claiming to be survivors of abortion so I figured I’d let curiosity get the better of me and I purchased the book to read.

I eagerly awaited the mailman every day because the curiosity was killing me. When it arrived, I didn’t have the time to read cover to cover but I took it with me to read on the train and on my lunch break. Again, this one was very difficult to put down.

The author is telling the story from both the perspective of the mother and the near-aborted child. Each gets to tell their story, although as one may guess, most of the book is in Gianna’s words. We start by meeting her mother - a young unwed, pregnant teenager in Los Angeles. She has just arrived to the hospital for a very late-term abortion. Late-term because she was in denial about the pregnancy for so long and struggled with what to do until she was well into her third trimester. In fact, it really wasn’t her own decision but everybody else’s - every body else that knew what was best for her, her child, their futures. They told her it wasn’t a baby, it was nothing but tissue - even the doctors said the same. Imagine their surprise when instead of expelling said tissue…. a child was brought wailing into the world.

This is Gianna’s story about her crusade against abortion and to educate people about those who suffer from misguidance and mis-education about it. Gianna was adopted and knew her story and became an anti-abortion activist. The story was very engaging and made it difficult to put the book down. However, because Gianna and her adoptive family are very religious, it sometimes got quite preachy and made me feel like I was at church. It came as no surprise, given that it’s from a publisher that released it as part of a “Focus on the Family” series and has religious quotes throughout. The story Gianna and both her biological mother and adoptive family tell is so engaging, so illustrative, so powerful - that you overlook the preaching and find yourself enveloped into the story.

I would certainly recommend this to anybody, plain and simple. Pro-life or pro-choice - or just don’t care… It hits you in the gut and refuses to let you go. When you read about other children that have survived the same thing… but have medical defects because of it, you can’t help but shed a tear for them. Yes, it is that powerful.

I actually have a copy of this book for whichever commenter reads this and wants my copy. First come, first served. I’ve read it and wish to pass it along to the next - so that we can share in this amazing story.

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