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If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets: A Memoir by Virginia DeLuca, published by Apprentice House of Press of Loyola University Maryland is just what the title indicates, a memoir.

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Virginia believes her marriage to Perry is nearly perfect when he flabbergasts her when he asks for a divorce and tearstained reveals he wants children of his own.
So where does that leave Virginia - not in a good place. To make matters more complicated soon to be ex-husband loads his issues on her shoulders. And that was really hard to swallow for me. I just don't get it, why not make a clean cut but shlep him with you like a weight around your ankle? How can one heal and still face the wimp? I have questions.
But I enjoyed reading this book that left me a bit torn, 4.5 stars.

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I just finished this and it was such a fantastic read. Beautiful prose, engrossing story, so much to relate to.

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Mostly wonderful story and so much more than just one novel. Author conveyed her life truthfully with additional colorful details on her family life. After reading one must have the best wishes for the main lady. This is the wonder novel that's also modest in length with 250 pages.

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If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets : A Memoir. A very unusual memoir told from the heart. It is shockingly human and unbelievable at the same time. I think the twist that is the shocker is a sixty year old man leaving a marriage that was full of love and happiness (on the surface anyway) because he wants babies. The annoying thing was his gaslighting and total lack of care for the wife he devastated. At a guess (from my limited view of reading the book) that it wasn't about babies at all, just flattery and being desired by a younger foreign women. His shocker will be life in your sixties with babies and young children. Ha Ha Ha good luck with that. The authors' memoir is brave and heartfelt, warts and all.

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If You Must Go, I Wish You Triplets by Virginia DeLuca was an engaging memoir. If you are a fan of memoirs, this is the one for you.

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I could relate to this novel so much. There is nothing worse than being betrayed and being at the hands of the beytral. This novel gave me hope, humor, and insight into feeling less alone. A home run.

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