Nine lives of Rose Napolitano

Sociology professor Rose Napolitano is sure she doesn't want to have children. She is also convinced that she has found a like-minded person in her husband Luke and that he is the love of her life. So her world is rocked when Luke changes his mind and tries to convince her to become a mother. Will it be a betrayal of oneself? Does the maternal instinct really turn on in everyone with the appearance of a child? What are the consequences of our decisions, big and small? Rose approaches these questions with scientific rigor, and Donna Freitas gives her as many as nine lives for her research. In some lives, Rose does give birth to a daughter, in some she chooses a different path. In the web of causes, consequences and relationships, the real Rose appears before us - daughter, mother, teacher, friend and colleague, wife and lover.

The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano is a fascinating novel about self-discovery, the diversity of women's roles, the connection between generations, and the fact that all roads ultimately lead us in the same direction - to ourselves.