A frank, compelling memoir detailing one couple's arduous route to trying to get pregnant and their navigation of the options available to them. Running On Empty is also a study in playing the cards you are dealt without succumbing to self-pity ... A frank, compelling memoir detailing one couple's arduous route to trying to get pregnant and their navigation of the options available to them. Running On Empty is also a study in playing the cards you are dealt without succumbing to self-pity or despair and examining, in a mindful way, an aspect of life that many folks take for granted-procreation.
Informative and insightful with its intent, this is the sharing of first-hand experiences that helped develop an acute sense for human motivation, reaction, and determination-something that will help readers navigate, or at least better predict, the rough emotional waters ahead of them.