Bookish Thursday - Don't Let Me Keep You by Kathie Giorgio
Just in time for the holiday season (not that this is a holiday book), another book review for WOW-Women on Writing. This time it is Kathie Giorgio's book, Don't Let Me Keep You . Let's get the business out of the way... Book Summary Motherhood is a symphony, from the first movement, through crescendo after crescendo, to the finale. Hildy Halverson, a genius in math and science, is pushed by her parents to step into a male-dominated field and change the world for women. But Hildy, enamored of the scientific force of the human body, and her own body’s ability to create and sustain life, decides to go against contemporary expectations. She marries young and raises a houseful of kids. Hildy wants her children to choose their own life paths. As each child is born, she tells them, “You can be whatever you want to be, and whatever you want to be will be great.” Despite her efforts to not influence her children, Hildy does so, often in unexpected ways. Each child is introdu