Fertility Rights

by Fay N. Zachary, William Teason (Cover Artist)

Tessie was such a beautiful baby -- so perfect in every way. And after years of trying to conceive, Carol and Adam were such proud parents: Tessie was their little miracle. Only modern science and their saint of a doctor, Mark Flournoy, could have given them this child, their rare chance for happiness. But during a routine blood test, Carol discovered that Tessie was not biologically Adam's child -- and worse -- possibly not hers either. Something strange was going on at Dr. Flournoy's "miracle" infertility clinic -- and Carol could not, would not, rest until she uncovered the truth!

Genres: Horror

507 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1987

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very intriguing medical thriller with a splash of romance too. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to readers who like Robin Cook novels as well.

[Tome Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely not a horror novel. Its advertised as a medical thriller but with the cover art I was just expecting something completely different than what I got. This book is a chunker! At 500+ pages it just feels like it was a bit to long and it’s definitely a slow burn. For me it didn’t start getting interesting until about 200 pages in. But once it started getting interesting it actually turned out to be a pretty damn good book. Everyone is infertile and everyone is sleeping around lol. Since it’s such a slow burn to start with I got to give it to 3.5 stars but will be rounding up for goodreads to 4 stars. Not bad but it definitely is a slog for the first half.

[Jill Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a page turner for me! The cover is fantastic. I really enjoyed this author’s writing style. Too bad it’s the only one!
SPOILERS BEGIN!
There were some very unnerving situations in this book. Hard to even read! Made me love it more! However, one thing I found to be coincidental to the point of “really????”, were the marital affairs of the characters. There aren’t that many main characters, but, besides our main trio, there isn’t a one of them not bumping uglies on the sly. While One affair was necessary for story development, the other didn’t really have to be. I suppose it helped to make those characters even less likable. In a story with so few people, too much of that becomes a distraction from the flow in my opinion. Nonetheless, I liked this one.

[Tammy Trosclair · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is VERY, VERY, dated. It was written in 1987, and although it kept my attention somewhat, it was very predictable. It’s also shocking how far the overall perception of infertility, and medical advancements in this field has come in the last 38 years.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dr. Flowinoys "miracle infertility clinic" Truth found out during a routine blood test of child . Dr. F.'s using donor sperm, unknown by families.