A review by melissakuzma
My Real Children by Jo Walton

5.0

A woman in a nursing home with dementia vividly recalls two lives:one in which she married her college sweetheart and one in which she didn't. Two radically different lives - and worlds - are described, and both actually seem to have happened. Of course I would have liked more explanation (did she really live both lives? Does everyone?) but it was great nonetheless. I love the theme of the life that might have been lived (Sliding Doors, Life After Life (which I didn't like, but still), The Post-Birthday World) had different decisions been made. This amazing book explored it incredibly well. I will definitely be reading more by Jo Walton.