This is the startling story of a woman who remembers two different versions of her life. Pat's life takes two completely different trajectories.
In one version she has four children. She chooses the safe but disparaging partner, Mark.
In another version of her life, where she is known as Trisha, she rejects Mark and chooses an unconventional lifestyle. She falls in love with a woman, writes guidebooks to Italy, and has children with a friend.
"Character is destiny," postulated Heraclitus. In this novel, however, one choice changes not only a woman's life but alters world history and politics as well.
My Real Children is an intriguing thought exercise but not really satisfying. Some of the turns of events in both realities are heartbreaking.
