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Postponement
What if you could place your newborn into cryo-suspension until it was more convenient to bring him or her home?
How much time would you need? One year, five years, longer?
Nora Collins expedites the cryonic preservation of newborn babies for the convenience of their parents. Her job as a successful client liaison at the for-profit, privately operated Postponement Center, requires routine confrontation with outraged protestors voicing disagreement with the chilling reproductive choice now deemed legal by the Supreme Court.
Past child-bearing years herself, Nora inwardly atones for old secrets by living a solitary life. Instead, she develops a questionable, borderline addictive, relationship with the frozen neonates, frequently watching them and communicating with them in their crypod units.
Nora navigates the ethical minefield and morale dichotomy of the postponement practice, which occurs for medical reasons, but mostly because of career or educational obligations, financial aspirations, or due to parental immaturity.
She staunchly believes parents should choose for themselves when the time is right to bring their baby home—until she doesn’t.
After one mother decides to pre-maturely reanimate her son, forcing him into a life-threatening position, Nora struggles with her own dangerous choice—honor the desire of the new mother or save the innocent child.
How much time would you need? One year, five years, longer?
Nora Collins expedites the cryonic preservation of newborn babies for the convenience of their parents. Her job as a successful client liaison at the for-profit, privately operated Postponement Center, requires routine confrontation with outraged protestors voicing disagreement with the chilling reproductive choice now deemed legal by the Supreme Court.
Past child-bearing years herself, Nora inwardly atones for old secrets by living a solitary life. Instead, she develops a questionable, borderline addictive, relationship with the frozen neonates, frequently watching them and communicating with them in their crypod units.
Nora navigates the ethical minefield and morale dichotomy of the postponement practice, which occurs for medical reasons, but mostly because of career or educational obligations, financial aspirations, or due to parental immaturity.
She staunchly believes parents should choose for themselves when the time is right to bring their baby home—until she doesn’t.
After one mother decides to pre-maturely reanimate her son, forcing him into a life-threatening position, Nora struggles with her own dangerous choice—honor the desire of the new mother or save the innocent child.
293 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 7, 2017
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About the author
Diane M. Dresback
11 books14 followersDiane M. Dresback enjoys sharing stories through novels, self-help books, and films. She writes unique women’s thrillers that often tackle thought-provoking subjects and are quick, engaging reads. Usually, they involve strong female characters paired with a psychological, sci-fi, or medical element. Her latest fiction story is a trilogy that begins with one character waking up in a stranger's body.
She also ventures into true stories, such as her two adoption novels, which are based on her own and her brother’s adoption journeys, and a book featuring stories from 25 inspirational women who share their struggles and triumphs to bring hope and inspiration to others.
In 2007, Diane M. Dresback began working in the independent film industry in Arizona. She has written, directed, and/or produced over 40 short films, winning numerous awards. She has also written several feature-length screenplays adapted from her novels, as well as one she co-produced, called Paranoia. Diane received the 2012 Arizona Filmmaker of the Year Award from the Phoenix Film Foundation.
Diane has over 27 years of corporate Human Resources and Training experience, with most of that time in management and executive-level positions in the financial and travel industries. She holds a Master’s degree in Adult Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services.
She also ventures into true stories, such as her two adoption novels, which are based on her own and her brother’s adoption journeys, and a book featuring stories from 25 inspirational women who share their struggles and triumphs to bring hope and inspiration to others.
In 2007, Diane M. Dresback began working in the independent film industry in Arizona. She has written, directed, and/or produced over 40 short films, winning numerous awards. She has also written several feature-length screenplays adapted from her novels, as well as one she co-produced, called Paranoia. Diane received the 2012 Arizona Filmmaker of the Year Award from the Phoenix Film Foundation.
Diane has over 27 years of corporate Human Resources and Training experience, with most of that time in management and executive-level positions in the financial and travel industries. She holds a Master’s degree in Adult Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services.
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January 5, 2024
This was an interesting story but felt like it sort of fell flat. I kept waiting for more action or consequences.
January 12, 2024
Read this due to the algorithm continually suggesting it. The story was slow throughout, probably could’ve gone harder on the themes/points it was trying to make.
December 4, 2023
Different
This story was very different, great writer as this was a book I seldom put down. I finished it in just under 6 hours. Not sure it's something I could ever get behind, especially the father who found out about his little girl and because the birth mother was past due and he wasn't listed as the father his daughter was adopted out to someone else... That's shit, but I had to remove myself it's just a book.
This story was very different, great writer as this was a book I seldom put down. I finished it in just under 6 hours. Not sure it's something I could ever get behind, especially the father who found out about his little girl and because the birth mother was past due and he wasn't listed as the father his daughter was adopted out to someone else... That's shit, but I had to remove myself it's just a book.
December 19, 2023
very interesting
The book moves along well. Lots of personal growth. I really liked the book. I liked the introspection and just the feel of the book.
People sometimes do the wrong thing for the right reasons, understanding that there will still be consequences and accepting them.
Things in our past often shape our present and future. For good or bad, our experiences change us. We wouldn’t be who we are without those experiences.
The book moves along well. Lots of personal growth. I really liked the book. I liked the introspection and just the feel of the book.
People sometimes do the wrong thing for the right reasons, understanding that there will still be consequences and accepting them.
Things in our past often shape our present and future. For good or bad, our experiences change us. We wouldn’t be who we are without those experiences.
November 28, 2023
what a weird book
Not honestly sure why I finished it. Very strange story with odd pro-life undertones. “Thriller” is quite a reach for a book of this pace.
Not honestly sure why I finished it. Very strange story with odd pro-life undertones. “Thriller” is quite a reach for a book of this pace.
December 28, 2023
I loved the idea of it. It just felt like it was missing something as a whole.
July 4, 2024
Intriguing read
Not my usual, I tend to be a strictly romance reader, but this was a great story. Makes you think. Truly fantastic book!
Not my usual, I tend to be a strictly romance reader, but this was a great story. Makes you think. Truly fantastic book!
May 10, 2022
What if you could wait to have a baby until you were ready emotionally and financially, having finished school, advanced your career and enjoyed your youth? This sci-fi novel set in the near future explores that possibility. In this near future, abortion is still available but technology has advanced enough to make cryopreservation a reality. It is now possible at The Postponement Center to have your baby cryopreserved immediately after birth to be "born" when you are ready for it. The moral issues surrounding this process are great with protests at Centers much the same as we have now at abortion clinics. However some good can come of it if a child born with a severe birth defect is preserved until hopefully a cure is available. Nora Collins is a patient liaison at The Postponement Center. Unmarried and childless, she takes her job to heart a little too much, becoming involved with some of the parents outside the Center and with the preserved infants at the Center. The author develops her characters well so that they feel real. The action that picks up in the second half of the book kept me reading late into the night until I finished the book. I enjoyed this book. It was entertaining and informative, full of action, and made me ponder the possibilities of science. I received a copy from StoryOrigin but this is an honest review of this unique book.
May 30, 2025
Slow and flat
The concept of this book was amazing. The details to postponement were great but the characters fell so flat. It jumped around too much between characters that really had no reason to have their own chapters and none of them had enough to make you connect with any of them. The pace was so slow. There were chapters and chapters of nothing, introducing character after character that played no real part to the overall plot, other than maybe to be a filler. This book had so much potential due to the concept but the writing, plot and character development just weren't there. I struggled to finish this but because I bought it, I felt obligated to, praying it would get better and it didn't. The only interesting part was when she finally confesses to her "crime". But, that was one chapter that could have seriously driven the whole book but didn't.
The concept of this book was amazing. The details to postponement were great but the characters fell so flat. It jumped around too much between characters that really had no reason to have their own chapters and none of them had enough to make you connect with any of them. The pace was so slow. There were chapters and chapters of nothing, introducing character after character that played no real part to the overall plot, other than maybe to be a filler. This book had so much potential due to the concept but the writing, plot and character development just weren't there. I struggled to finish this but because I bought it, I felt obligated to, praying it would get better and it didn't. The only interesting part was when she finally confesses to her "crime". But, that was one chapter that could have seriously driven the whole book but didn't.
March 29, 2019
So I finished this book after meeting Diane. Not only is she an amazing person, her books have a flair and an attitude that make me imagine them as my friends.
My empathy wants to show the characters as my heart goes out to them. There’s so much more I want to say, but I don’t want to spoil anything.
Grab this book and you won’t be sorry about the read. It’ll give you the chance to think about other things when you need a change from reality.
My empathy wants to show the characters as my heart goes out to them. There’s so much more I want to say, but I don’t want to spoil anything.
Grab this book and you won’t be sorry about the read. It’ll give you the chance to think about other things when you need a change from reality.
December 27, 2023
A must read
Wow this book had me hooked. The story line flowed nicely and held my interest from the first chapter to the last. Very often with books I find myself skipping all the boring mundane parts,i.e. What the characters ate for lunch etc.
This book had none of that I can honestly say I read it all, I laughed and I cried. This is one book i will keep and read again. A truly wonderful story.
Wow this book had me hooked. The story line flowed nicely and held my interest from the first chapter to the last. Very often with books I find myself skipping all the boring mundane parts,i.e. What the characters ate for lunch etc.
This book had none of that I can honestly say I read it all, I laughed and I cried. This is one book i will keep and read again. A truly wonderful story.
June 5, 2025
Definitely not a thriller! I liked the concept of postponement of a baby but feel this novel lacks the ethics and moral dilemmas this would entail, especially in USA.
There are quite a few typos in this book. This is from Chapter 15 -
""Absolutely." Without a hint of apology in her voice, she added, "Way less expensive and non-evasive than artificial insemination and a hell of a lot more fun."
Thinking the author means "Way less expensive and INVASIVE than artificial insemination....."
There are quite a few typos in this book. This is from Chapter 15 -
""Absolutely." Without a hint of apology in her voice, she added, "Way less expensive and non-evasive than artificial insemination and a hell of a lot more fun."
Thinking the author means "Way less expensive and INVASIVE than artificial insemination....."
December 26, 2023
So disappointing
This book is so disappointing. The idea for the story is so promising and could have been the basis of a really interesting novel, but it is badly written and badly edited and riddled with grammatical errors.
This book is so disappointing. The idea for the story is so promising and could have been the basis of a really interesting novel, but it is badly written and badly edited and riddled with grammatical errors.
January 6, 2024
Amazing
I don't normally read this type of book but the idea interested me . I wasn't disappointed what a book!
It's fast paced and no filler as you get in some books and it's such an interesting subject
I don't normally read this type of book but the idea interested me . I wasn't disappointed what a book!
It's fast paced and no filler as you get in some books and it's such an interesting subject
January 29, 2024
Only rating three stars because it took until 52% to get the the "domestic thriller" part as the rest was background and building up. Then it was brilliantly thrilling. A few unexpected turns as well.
January 31, 2024
Good story, but could use editing for grammar and punctuation
I enjoyed the story and the unique idea. But the book is full of grammar and punctuation errors, which can be very distracting to the reader. A good editor or editing team would make all the difference here.
I enjoyed the story and the unique idea. But the book is full of grammar and punctuation errors, which can be very distracting to the reader. A good editor or editing team would make all the difference here.
March 9, 2024
fantasy concept
Imagine deciding to postpone the birth of your child? 2weeks to whenever. To get older. More money. Or better job. Bigger house. Interesting concept. Book as ok. Didn’t like the reason she did what she did.
Imagine deciding to postpone the birth of your child? 2weeks to whenever. To get older. More money. Or better job. Bigger house. Interesting concept. Book as ok. Didn’t like the reason she did what she did.
June 4, 2024
I really enjoyed this book.at first I couldn't figure out why Nora did what she did. Later when I found out her reasoning I liked her more. Overall a good book in an interesting future world. I do recommend.
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January 13, 2024
Interesting subject
In a future time, this subject could be a reality. Medical advantages in crypto could be used to suspend a body waiting for a cure.
In a future time, this subject could be a reality. Medical advantages in crypto could be used to suspend a body waiting for a cure.
January 26, 2024
Quick and easy read. I liked the premise of it and I felt the main character had a unique perspective.
January 31, 2024
Very differant.. but well written..a good read
April 13, 2024
The writing wasn't great, but the plot was amazing!
April 19, 2024
A story about freezing babies to postpone their births should have been interesting...it was not.
May 8, 2024
This was recommended to me on my social media, so I tried it based on the Facebook algorithm!! I had no idea what to expect, and I was really pleasantly surprised by it. I really enjoyed the first three quarters and found it thought provoking and interesting. The final quarter I didn’t enjoy as much, but it was still a clever story. I felt the ending felt a little bit unlikely, whereas the rest of the story was clever and nuanced. It was a really interesting concept and one that I am sure I will continue pondering on.
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